Chris Johnson was volunteering at the university’s Natural Science exhibit, Butterflies! in October of 2014. Luckily, he was watching when a butterfly, newly emerged from the chrysalis began to open ...

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Chris Johnson, a volunteer at the Butterflies! exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, had seen his share of exotic butterflies. But this one stood out. "It ...

Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a century. Researchers recently discovered ...

WEBVTT IM TOTALLY CONFUSED. JACK: MY JOB HERE AT NEWS 8 HELPING VIEWERS IDENTIFY CRITTERS CERTAINLY HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS. NOW, INSTEAD OF LENGTHY VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS, I GET PHOTOS FROM YOUR ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - One kind of female butterfly mates only once in its life -- and then closes its wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males, a Japanese researcher said.

When one species is genetically similar to another species, their populations can often be mistaken for one and the same. This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail ...

Right away you can tell this isn't your typical butterfly, but those mismatched wings are more than just a difference in pattern. The wing on the left is typical of a male Lexias pardalis butterfly, ...