A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, Nicholas VanKuren and Nathan Buerkle at the University of Chicago, US, and colleagues, report ...

Male butterflies seek out mates with the same wing color as they find them more attractive, reveals new research. Genetics, vision and neural processing are all linked to mating behavior in Heliconius ...

Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get butterfly colouring books, butterfly costumes, butterfly-themed jewellery and so much more. Moths are seen as pests, as ugly ...

A neural change in butterflies alters mating preferences, influencing evolution through genetic and sensory mechanisms.

A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, researchers report.

Although the Florida leafwing can be spotted in all months, the butterfly's coloring varies from season to season and is brightest during the summer. Though it was once abundant throughout Miami-Dade ...

Male butterflies seek out mates with the same wing color as they find them more attractive, reveals new research. Genetics, vision and neural processing are all linked to mating behavior in ...