People have been interested in butterflies for hundreds of years because of their bright colors and complicated wing patterns ...

The color blue is all around us, but not all blues are made the same. Atomic elements (including those in pigments) and structural colors give plants, animals and minerals their intense shades of blue ...

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings. in the animal kingdom. Oh, also, the morpho butterfly ...

The vibrant blue hues of morpho butterflies’ wings have long captivated not only lepidopterists but also chemists. The latter’s interest stems from the intricate nanoscale protein structures that are ...