For centuries, the dazzling colours and intricate wing designs of butterflies have fascinated people. These insects have an incredible variety of markings, from the bright warning patterns of tropical ...

More than 20,000 votes cast in Butterfly Conservation’s poll of 60 native species to find nation’s favourite for first time The votes are in on Britain’s favourite butterfly, and it is one of the most ...

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. A goliath birdwing hatches in the kitchen of a tourist house in West Papua, Indonesia. Hatchlings are killed young, to ...

David Ozeri, MD, FACP, FACR, is a rheumatologist and current researcher at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. He worked at Kings County Hospital Center and treated veterans at New York Harbor Healthcare ...

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This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The difference in appearance between a species’ males and females is called sexual dimorphism. The term implies that there ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

Today:Early fog in the far southwest clears quickly. Most areas stay dry with sunshine and variable cloud, though northern and northeastern regions may see isolated showers. Light winds overall, ...

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Our winter is typically too cold for butterflies to stay active, so they spend the coldest months in a dormant state - technically insects don't hibernate, but it's a very similar process. Most pass ...