Posts Tagged ‘butterflies’
Spry robot built to zip like the butterfly
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — High-speed video of butterflies’ agility in flight may help researchers build tiny robots that mimic the insects’ maneuvers. Continue…
Friday, February 3, 2012 16:59 - 4 Comments
Science & Technology - Sep 12, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Rare mix-up results in ‘hybrid’ butterfly
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A tiger swallowtail butterfly evolved when two other species hybridized—a common occurrence with plants, but a rarity in the animal world. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 10, 2011 12:18 - 3 Comments
Fickle flowers use color to choose
DUKE (US) — Plants use color to discourage butterflies from mingling their pollen, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 6, 2011 15:14 - 0 Comments
Butterflies see it’s hot to be cool
YALE (US) — To get the girl, male butterflies know their best chance at love will come if they play it cool. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2010 10:46 - 0 Comments
Monarchs use plants to medicate
EMORY (US) — Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, according to findings published Oct. 6 in the journal Ecology Letters. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2010 16:53 - 0 Comments
‘Mind-bending’ crystals color butterfly wings
YALE (US)—At the very heart of some of the most brilliant colors on the wings of butterflies lie bizarre structures that may be of use in harnessing the power of light. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 11, 2010 17:06 - 2 Comments
Monarchs fly north toward uncertain future
U. KANSAS (US)—Low temperatures, storms, and habitat destruction made it a tough winter in Mexico for monarch butterflies, but the news is not all doom and gloom. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 31, 2010 12:48 - 0 Comments
Barcodes reveal insects’ hidden habits
U. MINNESOTA (US)—DNA barcoding is giving researchers a faster way to study where insects go and what they eat along the way. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 10, 2010 10:19 - 0 Comments
Caterpillars ‘lost’ in space without gravity
U. KANSAS (US)—A recent trip into low-Earth orbit has shown just how much monarch butterflies depend on gravity. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 12, 2010 10:48 - 1 Comment
Western butterflies—nowhere to go but up
UC DAVIS—California butterflies are reeling from a one-two punch of climate change and land development, suggest the results of a study led by butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 10, 2009 18:03 - 0 Comments
Space Station to host hatching butterflies
U. COLORADO (US)—When NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation. The public, too, can view images and keep tabs on the project at http://bioedonline.org and www.monarchwatch.org/space. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 13, 2009 8:31 - 0 Comments
Butterfly wings: sexy and repulsive?
YALE (US)—Butterflies have an all-purpose tool for both attracting mates or fending off predators—their wings. According to new research out of Yale University, butterflies use different sides of their wings to accomplish both those vital tasks. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2009 13:33 - 0 Comments
Scientists look to genome to fill evolutionary gaps
YALE (US)—Fossil records tell an incomplete story about our planet’s evolution, and increasingly scientists are looking to genomes to fill in the missing chapters.
