Ethan Newman of Stellenbosch University camouflaged himself in colourful T-shirts to blend into his field of study - clusters of red and orange Disa flowers pollinated by a single butterfly species.

In new research, scientists have discovered a genetic mechanism that is responsible for the colourful patterns on the wings of butterflies. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the ...

The Peacock is probably the most easily recognised species of our Irish butterfly fauna. Big, eye-catching and colourful, it is not shy of people and its large peacock eyes cannot be confused with ...

The process of how caterpillars change into butterflies. Caterpillars grow, feed and then transform from a chrysalis to a beautiful colourful butterfly before our very eyes. This clip is from the ...