The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a type of study ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a ...

Butterfly mimics A single gene can switch the wing patterns of butterflies so they mimic toxic species and avoid predation, new research has found. The findings are unprecedented, says co-author, ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex body parts like wings involves many genes, the difference between two ...

Butterfly wings show a spectacular diversity of patterns of colours and shapes both within and among species. Butterfly wing patterns are ideal systems for an integrated study of the reciprocal ...

The warm, dry weather since the spring has provided ideal conditions for the peacock A bumper crop of spikey black caterpillars have appeared on the nation's nettles this summer. Clad in velvet coats ...