In this butterfly, the gyroids were arranged in lines from small to large along a single scale, giving the scale its iconic shine and pigment, and also giving researchers a glimpse at how they ...

Butterflies, despite their delicate nature, showcase remarkable adaptations for survival. From the iridescent Blue Morpho in ...

The Blue Morpho's scales, in particular, have microscopic structures that only reflect back blue light.

The blue morpho butterfly is arguably the most glamorous insect on the planet, and you’d know instantly if you saw one. Spanning wider than your hand, its wings flash an iridescent blue sheen so ...

“A human blood cell is about 10 microns in size — a pretty typical size for a cell in our bodies. A butterfly scale is…a huge one, about 50 microns across and 200-250 microns long.” Morpho peleides ...

One of the most soothing colours on the colour wheel is blue. Here are some animals that belong to that colour ...

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - September is Blue Morpho Butterfly Month at Callaway Gardens' Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Typically there are more than 1,000 tropical butterflies of various kinds flying ...

By SANDRA OKAMOTO - sokamoto@ledger-enquirer.com Updated August 16, 2010 6:54 PM ...

Using a low-temperature atomic layer deposition (ALD) process, materials scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology produced aluminum oxide (alumina) replicas of wing scales from a Morpho ...

Inside it will be a constant 82 degrees and 60 percent humidity. The large and showy blue morphos are the most popular butterflies at Powell Gardens’ butterfly festival every summer.