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A former Ph.D. student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to show long-term patterns in the species richness of tropical butterflies.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Gayle Anderson was live in Downtown Los ...

The human eye has three different types of cone cells, known as photoreceptors, that allow us to see millions of different colors. Animals have varying numbers of these receptors, which allows some ...

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 ...

There are many types of butterflies, each with their own meanings and symbolism—and while unique in their own ways, “the monarch butterfly is considered to be the king of butterflies and the most ...

Monarch butterfly on a person's finger - Matt Champlin/Getty Images Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) have long captivated humans due to their fascinating life cycles and physical characteristics ...

Most, if not all, animals will utilize camouflage as a defensive mechanism to protect them from predators. Mimicry is one type of camouflage that is used by one small species of butterfly that occurs ...