Learn what an American lady butterfly and caterpillar looks like. Plus, see how it compares to a painted lady butterfly.

During graduate school, he saw an opportunity to merge his expertise in miRNA with his lifelong interest in butterflies, leading him to explore the largely understudied role of miRNAs in shaping ...

Butterfly wings tend to be black closer to their bodies, to help capture heat. Those wings are covered with a contaminant-resistant coating—they self-clean. The ornamental “eyes” on those ...