Butterfly

Female caterpillars raised in cool and dry seasons will actively pursue males when they become butterflies

A color-changing patch modeled after the iridescent wings of butterflies could give soldiers a heads-up on the severity of injuries sustained on the battlefield.

Female butterflies lay their eggs on toxic milkweed to prevent disease in their offspring

Step inside the American Museum of Natural History's live butterfly exhibit.

Photo gallery of butterflies and moths from around the tropics.

These colorful insects fly over mountains to set up house

The rich, shimmering colors of some butterfly wings are produced not by pigments, but by a special geometric formation of cells, a new study suggests.

The iridescence of butterfly wings will soon see use as security patches on banknotes. Scientists have unlocked the secrets behind the microscopic structure that makes simultaneous colors possible.

Caterpillar communication may have evolved from crawling behaviors.

Butterfly Colors and Vision Are Related.

Study of monarch butterfly wings shows migratory populations have longer wings.

Tiny ears on the wings of a butterfly species detect different frequency sounds.

Researchers consider the impact of relocating species to new environments to save them from the effects of global warming.

A mustache on a butterfly has tipped off museum curators that a specimen in belongs to a new species.

The striking patterns ward off predators.

Researchers have mapped the critical animal hideouts of Madagascar.

Butterflies and moths can remember stuff from their times as caterpillars.

Rising temperatures, CO2 levels could spur insect explosion in some areas.

An expedition to Ghana yielded amazing finds, including eight new katydid species.

Biologists are finding novel ways that nature forms diverse life on Earth.