Butterflies in general are popular inspirations for tattoos, often symbolizing personal journeys of transformation or rebirth ...

Researcher Andy Davis created this graphic using images from ... The researchers also looked at white spots on closely related butterfly species that either don't migrate or only semi-migrate.

Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs ...

Researchers find that the white spots on the wings of monarch butterflies may help them fly farther. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on June 21, 2023.) Monarch butterflies have ...