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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A monarch butterfly with a broken wing was miraculously able to fly again after it underwent a wing transplant at a nature preserve. The Sweetbriar Nature Center in Long Island, ...

Sunlight reflected by solar cells is lost as unused energy. The wings of the butterfly Pachliopta aristolochiae are drilled by nanostructures (nanoholes) that help absorbing light over a wide spectrum ...

The brilliant metallic blue wings of Morpho butterflies dazzle the eye. Branched nanostructures on the wings scatter light in complex ways to produce this characteristic iridescent hue. By harnessing ...

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One hit in the wrong place and boom! – total collapse and disaster. To counter that shatterability, the researchers applied the uniform stress distribution of butterfly wings to architecture, using a ...

Researchers probe the genetic logic underlying eyespot development on butterfly wings, identifying the origin of a beautiful and useful novel complex trait. For the Michigan Tech biologist on the team ...