Looking for an easy DIY that can help decorate your walls? These paper butterflies are incredibly easy to make and require just a few supplies.

Engineered mutant butterflies give a glimpse deep into the genetic roots of wing patterns, an international team reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A fractal butterfly pattern produced by an unusual configuration of magnetic fields, first predicted almost 50 years ago, has been seen in detail for the first time in a twisted piece of graphene.

Featuring a quintessentially Palm Beach palette, the collection includes bright sky blue, shell pink, lime green, and crisp white. "It all started when I spotted Meg’s Madame Butterfly pattern ...

Monarch butterfly color patterns vary based on the length of an individual's migration. So, what's the secret?

And by performing the same feat across several butterfly species, the team showed that this one gene, known as optix, controls all kinds of butterfly patterns. Red becomes black. Matte becomes shiny.

A new study: Very effective nanostructures biomimicked from black scales of butterflies can be used for antireflective coating on solar panels.

Heliconius adults live a relatively long adult life for a butterfly—up to 8 months. This requires them to be especially good at avoiding predators. One way that Heliconius have evolved to avoid being ...

Who does an artistic genius look to for inspiration? If you’re Kendrick Lamar, it’s a combination of people, places and things. The rapper recently opened up to Grammys.com and explained the ...