The viceroy butterfly is a copycat. With its orange wings divided by black lines, it looks a lot like a monarch butterfly. Those thin black lines are important because that’s one way you can tell the ...

Most, if not all, animals will utilize camouflage as a defensive mechanism to protect them from predators. One type of defensive camouflage that is employed throughout the animal kingdom is known as ...

Most, if not all, animals will utilize camouflage as a defensive mechanism to protect them from predators. Mimicry is one type of camouflage that is used by one small species of butterfly that occurs ...

The viceroy butterfly is a mimic, modeling its orange-and-black colors after the queen butterfly, a bug that tastes so disgusting predators have learned not to eat it or anything that looks like it, ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the air before alighting on a purple ...

Can you tell the difference between a Monarch butterfly and a Viceroy butterfly? Read on to discover whether that bright orange and black butterfly in your garden is the king of butterflies or a very ...

On Wednesday, Blue Run Spirits announced the release of a limited-edition bourbon to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the ...

July is the butterfly month in the Northland. The long hot days with plenty of open-country wild flowers are ideal conditions for these colorful "winged flowers." Many that emerged from chrysalises in ...

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A 15-year study by entomologists found that, when living apart from the unsavory bug it mimics, the viceroy butterfly becomes yucky, making biologists rethink old theories about animal mimicry. The ...