A deep dive into the genetics of butterflies offers new clues as to how these pollinators shared DNA across generations. Nate Edelman, a graduate student at Harvard University and an author on the ...
Heliconius charithonia is one of the species of butterflies whose wing patterns scientists scrutinized to better understand the evolutionary process. This butterfly is wild-type; the genetically ...
Moths and butterflies collectively belong to a big taxonomic group called Lepidoptera. That name means “scale-wing”, referring to the tiny scales that cover the wings of most of these species. The ...
David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York's Division of Science, is co-author of a landmark paper on butterflies "An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias ...
Unravelling the secrets hidden in the DNA of butterflies and moths could help aid nature conservation, transform our understanding of evolution, and uncover new ways of tackling agricultural pests. A ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Genetic analysis of more than 90 butterfly museum specimens ...
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Numata longwing butterfly resting on a leaf, Heliconius numata, This unpalatable tropical butterfly co-mimics other unpalatable tiger-pattern butterflies in the genus Melinaea, Butterfly farm, La ...
A new study finds that access to some nutrients may be a star player in shaping traits related to fitness such as fecundity and eye size over the long term. Given drastic increases in the availability ...
Jordi Paps receives funding from the University of Essex, the Royal Society, and the Wellcome Trust. Martha Jones: It’s like in those films: if you step on a butterfly, you change the future of the ...