I love butterflies and when I pulled up Pinterest I saw some of the most beautiful crochet butterfly patterns. I knew I had to share them with you. Some of the patterns are free while some designers ...

Wang Rongjiang's research group at the School of Life Sciences and the Center for Ecological Research of Peking University has published a study on the diversity pattern of butterfly species in China.

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 ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- 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 ...

Butterflies are a diverse and charismatic insect group that are thought to have evolved with plants and dispersed throughout the world in response to key geological events. However, these hypotheses ...

Natural communities are composed of multiple species involved in diverse ecological interactions either facilitating or impairing their coexistence. These interactions strongly depend on the level of ...

Eyespots, the circular markings of contrasting colors found on the wings of many butterfly species, are used by these fluttering creatures to intimidate or distract predators. A team of scientists ...

The female swallowtail butterfly (left) has extra orange spots and a different shape on its wings to mimic species that are toxic to predators, while the male (right) has the standard set of white ...