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Butterflies and their unique mating preferences
Study links genetics, vision and neural processing to mating behavior in Heliconius butterflies.
Butterfly brains show tweaks needed for cognitive innovation.
They demonstrate a remarkable ability to learn and remember spatial information about their food sources.
The impact of the garden surroundings on visiting pollinators
Providing flowers year-round, regardless of garden type, is crucial for attracting pollinators.
An unexpected genetic mechanism influences butterfly wing evolution
Genomic dark matter solves butterfly evolutionary riddle.
Butterflies build static electricity to attract pollen without touching it
Butterflies and moths collect enough static electricity while flying to pull pollen from flowers across gaps of several millimeters or centimeters. This likely makes...
The impact of insecticides on butterfly populations
The shift to neonicotinoid-treated seeds was linked to 8 percent drop in butterfly species diversity.
Butterflies and moths share a common ancestor
Deep chromosomal conservation in butterflies and moths.
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