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We asked an expert to explain why we get that odd fluttering feeling when we are nervous.
Two new studies have linked controversial pesticides neonicotinoides to wild bee and butterfly declines.
New research shows that street lighting changes the activity of moths, and is likely to disrupt nocturnal pollination.
Have a look in your garden - you might be surprised at some of the native animals that thrive there when the weather’s hot.
Sometimes pure curiosity driven research can yield wondrous knowledge and practical benefits, as was the case with the large blue butterfly.
Climate change means droughts will become more frequent, and butterflies will be particularly affected.
The dead animal specimens that comprise natural history collections contribute a lot toward scientific understanding of their still-living counterparts – and those that have gone extinct.
The striking transformation of a caterpillar into a colourful, winged butterfly is one that has captivated scientists for years. The metamorphosis involves the breakdown of most of the caterpillar’s tissues…
The “Tree of Lepidoptera” - comprising butterflies, moths and related species - has been mapped back to their earliest common…
Monarch butterflies navigate using a light-dependent magnetic compass. Patrick Guerra from University of Massachusetts Medical…
Monarch butterflies are known for their striking flame-orange and black appearance, and especially for their mass migration in their millions to spend winters in the mountain forests of Mexico. But despite…
Irradiated plants taken from the evacuated areas around the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant have been reported to cause growth abnormalities and early death when fed to butterfly larvae…
Natural history museum records are most often associated with preserved specimens, kept with information about the place and time of collection. From these we can generate a record of a species’ geographical…
Although habitat loss was seen as the greatest threat to butterfly populations, Britain’s cold, wet summers also set back…
A new species of skipper butterfly has been described by scientists from the University of Florida after being discovered…
Engineers have been studying the movement of butterflies to help refine the behaviour of small airborne robots. The researchers…
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of York
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Natural History Technician – Invertebrates, Te Papa Tongarewa
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Associate Professor in Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor in Botany, University of Otago
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Research Chair in Macroecology and Conservation, Professor of Biology, Chair of Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
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Radioecologist (NERC-CEH), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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