Butterflies have become a poignant symbol of the Holocaust, particularly of the 1.5 million children who perished. One reason the insects have assumed such a role in Yom HaShoah remembrances is Pavel ...

Jean Altintop has earned the nickname "Butterfly Lady" from her friends and family members. Wherever Altintop goes, a trail of butterflies seems to follow. Restaurants, hospitals, retirement homes and ...

To stop identity thieves and counterfeiters, a group of researchers is looking for inspiration from an unlikely source: butterflies. In order to attract a mate, the male Pierella luna butterfly of ...

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 ...

Last week, I wrote about pelicans, the biggest birds on Sanibel Island, Fla., so this week, I decided to focus on something smaller. Sanibel locals, as well as island visitors, take collecting of ...

Irvine, Calif., – Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according to genetic data published today ...

Bright black-and-red butterflies that flit across the sunlit edges of Amazonian rain forests are natural hedonists, and it does them good, according to new genetic data. Bright black-and-red ...