To stop identity thieves and counterfeiters, a group of researchers is looking for inspiration from an unlikely source: butterflies. In order to attract a mate, the male Pierella luna butterfly of ...

Jean Altintop has earned the nickname "Butterfly Lady" from her friends and family members. Wherever Altintop goes, a trail of butterflies seems to follow. Restaurants, hospitals, retirement homes and ...

Heliconius charithonia is one of the species of butterflies whose wing patterns scientists scrutinized to better understand the evolutionary process. This butterfly is wild-type; the genetically ...

Heliconius butterflies are a diverse and colorful group of species that live throughout tropical regions of Central and South America. Many of them have wing patterns and colors that mimic other ...

Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according to new genetic data. Bright black-and-red ...

Last week, I wrote about pelicans, the biggest birds on Sanibel Island, Fla., so this week, I decided to focus on something smaller. Sanibel locals, as well as island visitors, take collecting of ...

Butterflies have long captured our attention due to their amazing color diversity. But why are they so colorful? A new publication led by researchers from Sweden and Germany suggests that female ...

Irvine, Calif., – Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according to genetic data published today ...