From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted lady’s signature fiery orange, it’s no secret butterflies have some pretty captivating flappers. For a long time ...

Big spots on butterfly wings actually can mimic the eyes of predators, a new study finds, reviving a partly discredited textbook truth with fresh evidence. In lab tests, images of butterflies with ...

Butterfly wings have long fascinated scientists, ever since the first documentation of the growth of said wings back in 1938. We now have much more advanced imaging techniques, ...

The butterfly then proceeds to flutter around in a seemingly random fashion, even stopping for very realistic-looking wing-heaving breaks before continuing to attempt escape from its transparent ...

Video: Model butterfly Just like the real thing For the first time, engineers have created a model that flies just like a real butterfly. Powered only by an elastic band, it flits up and down and ...

Photos: Woman Helps Injured Butterfly By Repairing Its Torn Wings With Glue So It Can Fly Again Published Jan 18, 2018 at 11:28 AM EST The butterfly wing was damaged as a result of injury, not a ...

Morpho butterfly wings’ micro- and nanostructures strongly react to polarized light. Collagen fibers – a component of ...

The glasswing butterfly’s wings offer a way around this problem. Like other insects with transparent wings, it has dome-shaped structures arranged in patterns that allow light to pass straight ...