A detailed wing schematic. Vladimir Nabokov. Courtesy of the Vladimir Nabokov Archive at the Berg Collection, New York Public Library, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC. Detailed renderings ...

Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light. The oranges, reds, and browns ...

A butterfly time of summer. Weather drawing by Zoey Smith from Mrs. Martin's first grade class at Garfield Elementary School.

Engineers have continuously observed scales growing and assembling on a butterfly wing for the first time as the developing insect transforms inside its chrysalis. If you brush against the wings of a ...

A costume designer in Texas saved the life of a young butterfly by repairing his damaged wing and allowing the creature to fly for the first time. The woman replaced the injured wing with the intact ...