The blue morpho butterfly shows off its brightly colored wings when in flight. But at rest, with closed wings, the butterfly reveals a dull brown color that helps the animal blend in with its ...

Scientists Can Now Repaint Butterfly Wings Thanks to CRISPR, scientists are studying animal evolution in ways that were previously thought to be impossible.

Engineered mutant butterflies give a glimpse deep into the genetic roots of wing patterns, an international team reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Abstract The wings of the black butterfly, Pachliopta aristolochiae, are covered by micro- and nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a wide spectral and angular range.

The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly usually happens quietly, inside a firm opaque husk that protects the pupa as it slowly forms its showy wings. Back in 2015, at a summer course in ...

Link Copied! The Butterfly House and Bug Zoo is the home to hundreds of invertebrates from around the world. Some of the butterflies they have came all the way from Mexico to Northern Michigan!

The theory about wing claps to explain butterfly flight was first proposed in the 1970s but has only just been proven by Swedish scientists at Lund University. The researchers caught six wild ...