Counting Butterflies Could Reduce Anxiety, Improve Mental Well-Being

Medicine & Technology Mar 06, 2024

Counting butterflies could reportedly help one with their overall mental health. Continue reading how it works.

Spanish Butterflies Better at Regulating Body Temperature Than UK Counterparts but Rising Global Temperature Puts Them at Risk of Extinction

Jan 09, 2024

Butterflies in Catalonia, Spain, are great at regulating their body temperature but are at risk of extinction due to global warming. Continue reading to learn more.

Saving One Butterfly Species Fueled a Collaborative Nature of Survival, Rescuing a Whole Ecosystem

Nov 07, 2022

Fender's Blue butterfly was one of the endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act of 200, which was thought to be extinct between 1940 and the late 1980s. Check out how saving them rescued an entire ecosystem.

Butterfly Mutants: New Study Links Their Wing Patterns to 'Junk' DNA That Sits Between Genes

Oct 24, 2022

New research found that butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA. Read to know more about this discovery.

Conservationists Promote the Annual Big Butterfly Count as Two-Fifths of British Butterflies Face Threat

Jul 15, 2022

The annual Big Butterfly Count backed by naturalist Sir David Attenborough encourages the public to help count butterflies they see in the next three weeks as part of the effort to prevent the species' extinction. Read the article to know more details.

Butterflies Can Break Off Wing Tails Easily to Escape Predators, Study Suggests

Jun 16, 2022

Wing tails of butterflies not only serve as elegant adornments but also as means of survival from predators. Read on to learn more about why their tails evolved independently multiple times.

29 British Butterflies At Risk of Extinction: Conservationists Cite Climate Change, Habitat Loss Among the Reasons for Such a Threat

May 26, 2022

Twenty-nine at-risk species of butterflies have been included in the “Red List” of endangered species. Find out which are vulnerable, endangered, and extinct.

Butterfly Wings: Why Do They Shimmer, Where Do Their Attractive Colors Come From?

Jan 13, 2022

A gene that determines if ultraviolet or UV iridescence is present and visible in the wings of butterflies has recently been identified by researchers at George Washington University in Washington, United States.

Peeking Into a Chrysalis: Stunning Video Reveals How Butterfly Wing Scales Grow During Metamorphosis

Nov 23, 2021

MIT engineers raised painted lady caterpillars and waited for them to pupate to see how butterfly wings form inside the chrysalis and shared its stunning transformation in a video.

Milkweed Butterflies Discovered Feeding on Their Own Species’ Young; Scientists Suggest This Behavior Demonstrates an Offering for ‘Wedding Gifts’

Sep 09, 2021

A new study recently showed milkweed butterflies feeding on caterpillars, their own species’ live young as a behavior demonstrating offering for a “wedding gift” during courtship.

Butterflies Endangered: How Too Much Nitrogen Risks Them in Switzerland

Jun 17, 2021

A study finds that the deposition of nitrogen from agriculture, vehicle emissions, and industry is endangering butterflies in Switzerland.

Tiny Drone Now Plays the Role of a Pollinator to complete the Pollination of Flowers

Mar 24, 2017

Japanese Scientists have discovered a tiny drone that can pollinate the flowers and can be used as the successful pollinator.

Yawunik Arthropod Revealed—The Toothsome Creature that Gave Rise to Lobsters, Spiders and Butterflies

Mar 29, 2015

When you watch butterflies flutter through the sky and lobsters waddle in the sea, you may not readily believe that the two far off species have anything in common. But along with spiders, butterflies and lobsters share quite an interesting collective history-one where an ancient ancestor may have emerged from the sea. Cover the ocean, the land and the skies above the radiation of species into many forms are believed to have originated with a common ancestor as long as 508 million years ago. And in a new study published this week in the journal Paleontology researchers are finally giving a face to ancestor known as Yawunik kootenayi.