Gemstones like precious opal are beautiful to look at and deceivingly complex. As you look at such gems from different angles ...

With dazzling blue iridescent wings, male morpho dragonflies should be hard to miss, but their wings are simultaneously capable of both spectacle and stealth. When viewed against a shining, watery ...

The brilliant metallic blue wings of Morpho butterflies dazzle the eye. Branched nanostructures on the wings scatter light in complex ways to produce this characteristic iridescent hue. By harnessing ...

PINE MOUNTAIN, GA (WTVM) - September is Blue Morpho Butterfly Month at Callaway Gardens' Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center. Typically there are a variety of more than 1,000 tropical butterflies flying ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Admirers of beautiful South American butterflies known as Morphos have long included scientists intrigued by their brilliant iridescence. Add General Electric Co. researchers to the ...