Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light. The oranges, reds, and browns ...

During the Industrial Revolution, the light, speckled British peppered moth stood out against the soot-darkened trees and city walls. This stark contrast led to the evolution of darker coloration as ...

Over the past two decades, scientists discovered that the majority of melanic wing color variants are controlled by a single genomic region surrounding the protein-coding gene 'cortex'. It was assumed ...

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 ...

Share your milkweed with a queen butterfly, a regal year-round Southern pollinator. Find out what the adults and caterpillars ...