Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

When our first batch of blue morpho butterflies began to emerge from their chrysalises in 2015, we were there to catch the process on film. Each individual butterfly takes only one or two minutes to ...

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known ...

Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not to pigments but to microscopic structures that manipulate light. Now, researchers are harnessing those same ...

For instance, the blue Morpho butterfly is now being studied by researchers at the University of California San Diego in the hopes of revolutionizing cancer diagnosis. The Morpho butterfly's ...