The photo shows an Anophthalmus hitleri, a "Hitler beetle" under a microscope in the State Zoological Collection in Munich. Streets are renamed, monuments removed and books rewritten. A debate is ...

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Hopefully, it’s a problem that butterfly researchers won’t have to face for too much longer. A new museum research project, known as AMISTAD, is combining ancient DNA, modern computing technology and ...

A new genus of butterfly has been discovered, and the scientists who found it decided to name the critter after a famous Lord of the Rings villain. The Natural History Museum of London has announced ...

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An international team of scientists have identified nine new species of butterflies using a combination of geographical, ...