so even on a dull rainy day this showy butterfly will be dancing about mingling with visitors.' The blue morpho's beauty belies a darker aspect of its life cycle - the larvae have a tendency to eat ...

Gayle Anderson reports the Butterfly Pavilion takes flight at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) for the ...

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 ...

A group of Osaka University researchers has developed a novel design for daylight window panes inspired by the structure of the Morpho butterfly wings that shine in a brilliant blue. The pane ...

The blue morpho is the largest butterfly at 6 to 8 inches ... It eats toxic plants as a caterpillar,” Dunham said. “A morpho, while they don’t taste bad, may be good to eat for, like ...