In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Step into a tropical paradise where artistry is displayed floating gracefully through the air. Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies from around the globe eagerly await visitors ...

Butterflies closer to the equator have been shown to evolve shared wing patterns faster than their relatives at higher latitudes. That gradient reframes tropical diversity as an active process, shaped ...

Butterflies that independently evolved the same wing patterns have also evolved similar eyes and brains which are fine-tuned for vision in the shifting light of tropical rainforests, according to new ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - A vibrant tropical ecosystem, home to a diverse array of butterflies, insects and other friendly creatures including a hedgehog, awaits visitors on Michigan’s iconic Mackinac ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It's a sign that spring is right around the corner - the very popular Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition is returning to Frederik Meijer Gardens and ...

A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive innovation. The study, published today in ...

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The beloved annual Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is returning for its 30th year. Meijer ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- The beautiful butterflies are back. The American Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Conservatory returns this weekend and marks a milestone. This is the 20th ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A sure sign that Spring is coming closer will return to West Michigan in less than a month. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announced the annual Butterflies are Blooming ...