“It’s very much a race against time,” he says. That’s because the approximately 200 blue morpho butterflies inside are in their chrysalis stage and only a couple of days from emerging. In the meantime ...

Over the next two weeks, nearly 1,500 Blue Morpho Butterflies will emerge from their chrysalises and venture forth into the Tropical Conservatory at the Sophie M. Sachs Butterfly House in ...

Costa Rica, known for its lush biodiversity and commitment to sustainability, has found a new treasure to share with the ...

A particularly impressive dual use of color, she adds, is seen in the blue morpho butterfly of the Central and South American rain forests. This insect's strikingly blue wing color "is used to ...

After a slow start in 2001, the company keeps 25 women busy as suppliers and ships up to 8,000 butterfly chrysalises a month, mainly to live butterfly exhibits in the United States.

Emmy Shiroma, 3, gets a fleeting view of a Blue morpho butterfly as it flutters past her at the new Flight — A Live Butterfly Experience exhibit at the Santa Ana Zoo on Monday, July 18, 2022.

“Butterfly wrangler” Kim Zsembik shows off a Blue Morpho butterfly perched on a popsicle stick before its release into the Butterflies Alive! exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural ...

A half-dozen Magnificent Owls (a type of butterfly) graze on a plate of over-ripe fruit a few feet away. A stunning Blue Morpho shows off the shimmering azures that give it its name.