An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

In the heart of San Francisco, California, there’s a place where the curious and the quirky collide, where the past meets the ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mike Pereira made his way to a chair waiting for him inside a meeting room at the Convention Center here Thursday when he began to laugh at the crowd of media waiting for him.

In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set ...

Scientists discovered a moth that appears 3D despite having flat wings. Tiny structures on its wings reflect light that ...

A CRITICALLY endangered butterfly, the Wolkberg Zulu, finally has a chance at survival after a conservation servitude was established in Limpopo to protect it. A century since its discovery in 1925, ...

Inspired by butterfly wings, a team of German researchers have developed a new kind of robotic wings that can work using only magnetic fields. The new wings created by the Technical University of ...

Discover a microscopic world with one of the best microscopes for students and young scientists, without emptying your wallet — here are our top picks. The best microscopes for students should ...

In the dense rainforests of northern Australia and South-East Asia, a master of disguise flutters through the shadows. The ...

Hershey, Pa is known for its amusement park and chocolate factory, but its also home to dozens of rare butterflies. The Butterfly Atrium at the Hershey Gardens houses has butterflies from Asia, Africa ...

"Traditionally, tissue biopsies are examined under a microscope. By digitising these slides, computers can now visualise them, enabling collaborative diagnoses among pathologists across locations ...

A vapour sensor based on an exact replica of the butterfly-scale design will most probably be unable to selectively quantify more than ten individual vapours from their mixture. A man-made ...