Images can range from animal portraiture ... Sasha Jumanca (Germany/Romania) emphasises the symmetry of the wings of two silver-studded blue butterflies. It surprised Sasha how many butterflies were ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known ...

The blue morpho is the largest butterfly at 6 to 8 inches. They are hard to miss. “They have a much larger wingspan, and their wings are not clear,” Dunham said. “They’re two different colors.

A group of Osaka University researchers has developed a novel design for daylight window panes inspired by the structure of the Morpho butterfly wings that shine in a brilliant blue. The pane ...

Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not to pigments but to microscopic structures that manipulate light. Now, researchers are harnessing those same ...