Kelly Eden, a model and artist, started raising monarch butterflies last year. This summer, she released 10 healthy monarchs from her Los Angeles garden. But last month, two butterflies emerged from ...

Without moths, butterflies might not exist. "Most evolutionary biologists consider butterflies to be day-flying moths because the primary evolutionary ancestor was probably a moth," says Dave ...

Butterflies' flight trajectories often appear random or chaotic, but their hovering patterns can potentially provide critical design insights for developing micro aerial vehicles with flapping wings.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night - or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated. A new Florida Museum of Natural History ...

Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly — compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

Recent experiments with tethered hawkmoths, and with large-scale mechanical flapping models, have successfully replicated some of the force-generating abilities of insects 3,4,5,6,7. Leading-edge ...

Butterflies are a symbol of beauty and metamorphosis, and one of few universally beloved insects. Indeed, few would think twice at squashing a fly or spider, yet butterflies inspire reverence. Both ...

Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night - or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated. A new study offers the first comprehensive overview of the ...