In just six generations of selection, they took a brown butterfly and shifted it to a rich, purple color. The species chosen for this work was Bicyclus anynana, an African species that also goes ...

Scientists found “large” brown butterflies living in the Andes mountains of Peru and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Pierre Boyer Over 15,000 feet up in the mountains of ...

She teamed up with some Yale physicists and picked a butterfly species called the squinting bush brown, which lives up to its dull name. Aside from a few eye-catching spots, it blends well with ...

Inside Out looks at efforts to save one of the country's rarest and most threatened butterflies, the high brown fritillary. Since the 1970s national numbers of the butterfly have declined by 90% ...

Not for the Brown Argus butterfly, however. This insect seems to be bucking the trend and expanding its numbers quicker and more effectively, according to new research. Global warming is generally ...

This butterfly is a talented camouflage artist. Called the Common Evening Brown, it flits about during the dayand at dusk. When it rests on a background of dry leaves, with its wings closed ...

Exmoor and Wales Cattle at a Lake District hill farm are helping to make a habitat for a critically-endangered butterfly. A herd of Luing cattle is being used to create a haven for the high brown ...

Over 15,000 feet up in the mountains of Peru, a team of scientists watched in shock as a brown butterfly flew “happily” along then landed on the snowy ground. They’d just discovered a new ...