Inspired by butterfly wings, a team of German researchers have ... flexible structures that could also withstand stress,” said Kilian Schäfer, one of the study’s lead authors.

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful ... Most Sphingidae caterpillars have a small horn at their posterior end. Some species, during one of the last instars (the periods between each ...

Some species have developed large eyespots on their wings, tricking predators into thinking they have come face to face with a much larger creature. The owl butterfly is one example of this. Its ...

Why is General Electric Global Research so interested in the optical properties of butterfly wings? Rachel Won spoke ... To selectively sense more than one vapour, arrays of such customized ...