Right now, students from around Greenville County are painting thousands of bright ceramic butterflies and learning about a very dark time in history. They are taking part in The Butterfly Project, ...

Chris Packham is urging people to take part in the world's largest insect citizen science survey. This butterfly undertakes an extraordinary 7,500-mile round trip from tropical Africa to the Arctic ...

Painted lady butterflies are a normal sight in Britain during the summer months. But once every decade the UK experiences a huge influx of the bewinged creatures from Europe. This is why you should ...

Winter rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa limits the size of painted lady butterfly migrations to Europe in the spring, according to a study. Every spring, painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) arrive ...

Laguna Hills High School and the Laguna Hills Community Center are combining their collective artistic talents to help re-store the four butterfly sculptures that help beautify the outside of the ...

Thousands of sightings of Painted Lady butterflies have been reported across the nation contributing to a 'one in a decade' wildlife phenomenon. The Painted Lady butterfly population migrates to the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

New research on butterfly genomes has revealed that the genetic components that produce different splotches of colour on wings can be mixed up between species by interbreeding to create new patterns, ...

Traditional paint gets it color from synthetic pigments, which fade over time and aren't very eco-friendly. There may soon be a better alternative, though, in the form of a paint which incorporates ...

The vivid blue color of morpho butterflies doesn’t come from pigment but from tiny nanostructures on their wings that bend and reflect light. In a recent study, scientists designed a thin film with a ...