On December 13, a rocket rose from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China carrying an unusual passenger: a ...

Professor Art Shapiro holds the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in 2015. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) You can contribute to science and win a pitcher of beer by competing in Professor Art ...

In December of 2025, a Natural History Museum discovery write-up reported that researchers finally untangled a long-running identification problem involving neotropical hairstreak butterflies. A ...

On the 25th anniversary of the project that brought the large blue butterfly back from near extinction in the United Kingdom, ecologists are for the first time publishing the decades of research that ...

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Colorful Heliconius butterflies have a wide variety of wing patterns and an amazing ability to mimic the appearance of other butterfly species. They also split into many species during a short ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Unlike many vibrant insects, who rely on pigment alone for their ...

New research shows that citizen scientists can play a role in gathering meaningful information to inform long-term monitoring of biodiversity trends such as butterfly population change. New research ...

Scientists are learning that butterfly wings are more than just a pretty adornment. Once thought to be made up of non-living cells, new research suggests that portions of a butterfly wing are actually ...

Even when the weather blows them off course, tagging has shown that many butterflies can get back on track and keep heading south. After migrating, they overwinter in cool, moist places, resting to ...

Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light. The oranges, reds, and browns ...

Today on the Science Talk podcast, Alexis Gambis, a New York University biologist and independent filmmaker, speaks about making Son of Monarchs,which won the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize ...