The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

Scientists have confirmed that the Atlas blue butterfly carries the most chromosomes of any animal, with 229 pairs. Unlike duplication, its chromosomes split apart, reshaping its genome in surprising ...

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex ...

"This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Tilte page verso. Selected papers presented at the international meeting titled "Integrative Approach to Understanding the Diversity of ...

Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the ...

In the 1800s, a conflict between the founding fathers of evolution divided the community. Charles Darwin believed sexual selection drove the variation in butterfly colors and patterns of males, while ...

A rare butterfly fossil discovered decades ago in Japan was identified as a new extinct species, according to a study published on May 2 in the journal Paleontological Research. The fossil, which had ...