This is the blue morpho butterfly, which has a cool alien-sounding name, but also has inspired a new biomimetic fabric that refracts light like the butterfly’s wings. It’s just one of the eco ...

The Blue Morpho's scales, ... Researchers have also been working on recreating the properties of iridescent butterfly wings in a way that might be used to combat counterfeit currency.

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PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - September is Blue Morpho Butterfly Month at Callaway Gardens' Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Typically there are more than 1,000 tropical butterflies of various kinds flying ...

The blue morpho butterfly is arguably the most glamorous insect on the planet, and you’d know instantly if you saw one. Spanning wider than your hand, its wings flash an iridescent blue sheen so ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Dahlem said the Blue Morpho Butterfly is usually found in the jungle in Central and South America. "They're gorgeous butterflies that have an iridescent blue surface on one side of their wings ...

CINCINNATI -- Police are looking for help finding a woman who took a blue morpho butterfly from Krohn Conservatory's special exhibit at about 5 p.m. Sunday. "I have never heard of anyone stealing ...

The iridescent, silvery-blue hues seen on peacock feathers and butterfly wings aren't like most colors; ... and morpho butterfly wings are instead the product of minuscule particles.