The green hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys rubi) gets its blue-green hue from complex nanoscale structures on its wings. The structures, called gyroids, are repeating patterns of spiral-shaped curls.

Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles production of hydrogen gas -- a green ...

Up to 20 layers of transparent scales on butterfly wings scatter ... that stand out against dark green jungle foliage. But the ecological significance of light scattering and shaping by ...

Scientists have found that a butterfly species from Australasia - Graphium sarpedon or common blueblottle - has 15 classes of light-detecting ... and use their blue-green iridescent wings for ...

Somerset Wildlife Trust's nature reserve at Green Down, near Somerton, is one of the best sites in Europe to see the large blue butterfly. The species was declared extinct in Britain in 1979 ...

But there's nothing typical about the monarch butterfly or its amazing journey ... cells in the eye that sensed the presence of this UV light and cells in the brain that were directly linked ...

The spring sun glinted off the cars rolling through Ichetucknee Springs State Park, but the caravan wasn't headed to the park ...

They are one of nature's great sources of colour - but how does light and colour affect butterfly behaviour ... the eye which respond to light - blue, green and red, he explained.