Contrary to popular belief, butterfly wings actually have living cells that help them thermoregulate. Yu et al. SHARE From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted ...

A daring surgical procedure has given a doomed monarch butterfly a new lease of life. The delicate operation was captured on ...

A costume designer in Texas saved the life of a young butterfly by repairing his damaged wing and allowing the creature to fly for the first time. The woman replaced the injured wing with the intact ...

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 ...

Delicate butterfly wings are pretty cool — literally, thanks to special structures that protect them from overheating in the sun. New thermal images of butterflies show that living parts of the wing — ...

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – A professional costume designer's skills are impressing people across the globe after she seamlessly repaired a butterfly's damaged wing. Romy McCloskey, owner of Faden Design ...

Learn facts about the monarch butterfly, including how how to tell male and female monarchs apart and if monarchs are poisonous.

Nature lovers, rejoice! The Natural History Museum's Butterfly Pavilion is back, with up to 30 butterfly and moth species, as well as an assortment of California plants. The seaso ...

Big spots on butterfly wings actually can mimic the eyes of predators, a new study finds, reviving a partly discredited textbook truth with fresh evidence. In lab tests, images of butterflies with big ...

A wildlife volunteer at a Kansas zoo was able to save a fragile Monarch butterfly by performing a wing transplant. Katie VanBlaricum, 36, working at her local zoo, noticed that the pretty insect had a ...