Some of the largest clusters this season were found in Santa Cruz County, with 1,406 monarchs at Lighthouse Field State Beach ...

A group of researchers in Germany created 3D printed wings inspired by the monarch butterfly. These robotic wings are ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara.

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The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

(Photo courtesy of California State Parks Foundation) The Western population of the monarch butterfly has reached the second-lowest level recorded since tracking began nearly three decades ago ...

Inspired by butterfly wings ... morphology, wing stiffness, flight mechanics, and migratory behaviors. The team also discovered that larger wings with vein-like patterns were more adaptable ...

Inspired by the efficiency and adaptability of the wings of the monarch butterfly, they enable precise movements ... of finite element analyses and experiments to find out how these patterns affect ...