Pyrex dishes are a popular collectible that can fetch high prices in the vintage market, and these colors and patterns are ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

The Butterfly Effect theory is a pretty interesting one in defining how every single event, no matter how small, is connected to a cosmic chain of events.

Blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta cayennensis) is part of the Verbenaceae family. The bright green leaves have a quilt-like ...

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 ...

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 ...

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh is set to give wings to a new symbol of its natural heritage, with the striking blue tiger butterfly (Tirumala limniace) proposed for recognition as the state butterfly. If ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, which is native to Morocco and Algeria, is an intriguing case study for genetic scientists because the insect’s genome, or the complete set of its genetic makeup, has been ...

The female swallowtail butterfly (left) has extra orange spots and a different shape on its wings to mimic species that are toxic to predators, while the male (right) has the standard set of white ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect ...

Scientists have described a new butterfly species, Francis’s gorgeous sapphire (Iolaus francisi), from Angola’s Namba Mountains, where its survival depends on mistletoe plants. High-altitude evergreen ...