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Butterflies and a moth species reused the same two genes, ivory and optix, to create similar warning colors over millions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Share your milkweed with a queen butterfly, a regal year-round Southern pollinator. Find out what the adults and caterpillars ...

We all know that camouflage is an important tool in the evolutionary toolbox. But it’s only one of the ways that butterflies and caterpillars use color to keep themselves safe. Image credit: First ...

“Color in Motion” seems an appropriate name for the live butterfly exhibit that opened this week at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. In a 30-by-30-foot tent in the conservatory’s Showcase ...

A selective mating experiment by a curious butterfly breeder has led scientists to a deeper understanding of how butterfly wing color is created and evolves. A selective mating experiment by a curious ...