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 ...

Southwest Elementary fifth-grader Nathaniel Sosa holds up a paper butterfly that made its way from Illinois to Mexico to Michigan Grand Rapids — A special delivery recently came to fifth-graders at ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex body parts like wings involves many genes, the difference between two ...

Charleston is home to monarch butterflies that spend winter on surrounding barrier islands instead of migrating to Mexico Credit: E. Weeks/SCDNR The piercing orange of butterflies fluttering along the ...

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research. The study, ...

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same ...

Filmmaker and artist Rao Heidmets brings Estonian folk patterns to life in his solo show "Folk Butterflies" at Tartu's Omicum Gallery. The show features 20 digital works depicting new, yet-unnamed ...