Most butterflies sport colorful, eye-catching patterns on their wings. But some species, like the glasswing butterfly, use mostly transparent wings to hide in plain sight. Transparency is the ...

This butterfly’s transparent wings could one day save people’s vision. See it with butterfly wings. By Kate Baggaley. Published Apr 30, 2018 7:00 PM EDT.

The Apollo butterfly's lovely black and colourful spots look really striking against the background of its white wings. This butterfly prefers living in the mountains, so if you're ever hiking ...

A stunning photograph of a clearwing butterfly grasping the underside of a leaf has won a photography competition. The insect's transparent wings reveal the lush background and was captured by ...

New research published by the Natural History Museum has shown that it is possible to culture cells from butterfly wings to produce iridescent colours in the laboratory.