Twice a month, on Thursday mornings, Tad Yankoski listens for a doorbell. A priority package that left Costa Rica three days earlier is due at the Butterfly House in Chesterfield by 10:30 a.m. When it ...

The color blue is all around us, but not all blues are made the same. Atomic elements (including those in pigments) and structural colors give plants, animals and minerals their intense shades of blue ...

'Morpho Mardi Gras' will kickoff the garden's grand re-opening on January 30th after a month full of maintenance and upkeep. Guests can submerge their senses with views of beautiful butterflies ...

Learn how this rare hue shows up in the natural world with some of the Smithsonian’s bluest specimens Ellyn Lapointe This time of year, the color blue is everywhere from holiday lights and decorations ...

Since 1961, Atlanta magazine, the city’s premier general interest publication, has served as the authority on Atlanta, providing its readers with a mix of long-form nonfiction, lively lifestyle ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known ...

Researchers developed a nanostructured light diffuser that provides balanced lighting by diffracting blue and red light, and can be cleaned by simple rinsing with water. The diffuser consists of cheap ...

Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not to pigments but to microscopic structures that manipulate light. Now, researchers are harnessing those same structures ...