Science news articles about 'butterfly species'

... to share resources and compete for survival. However, this is not always the case. The researchers show that butterfly species that have evolved similar wing patterns – which act as a warning to ...

... an interaction between species that has benefits for both. The work shows that some species of butterfly that live alongside one another have evolved in ways that, surprisingly, benefit both species. ...

... of European Butterflies predicts northward shifts in potential distribution area of many European butterfly species. As early warning indicators of environmental change, butterflies are a valuable ...

After nearly a century in the Natural History Museum collections, a new butterfly species has been discovered because of its mustache. It lay undiscovered in the collection for 90 years.

... cycling of nutrient in ecosystems. Hellmann pointed out that by comparing and contrasting two distinct butterfly species in the same geographic area, researchers can obtain general principles to help ...

Tiny ears on the wings of a butterfly species detect different frequency sounds.

Researchers have found a population of tropical butterflies in Ecuador that might be on its way to splitting into two different species.

... island of Borneo. He found that palm oil plantations supported between one and 13 butterfly species, and between seven and 14 species of bird. Previous research by other ecologists found at least 85 ...

... of wiping out the commensal gut bacteria using antibiotics in six moth and butterfly species. In five of these species, the antibiotic treatment protected the insects against the lethal effects of ...