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How animals use fake eyes to intimidate their enemies
April 23, 2026 5:54 pm
Some animals don’t rely on strength or speed to survive. Instead, they use fake eye patterns called eyespots to confuse predators.
BEYOND THE CITY | Inside Parpoli: State’s first butterfly village with over 200+ species and growing challenges
April 11, 2026 8:35 pm
The recognition was the result of sustained work by butterfly researchers Hemant Ogale, Milind Bhakare, Mahadev Bhise, Abhishek Narvekar, and Raman Kulkarni, among others.
Kolkata's Alipore Zoo to set up open-air butterfly garden
May 27, 2025 5:43 pm
With an estimated construction cost of Rs 4,95,937, the garden will include native host plants for butterfly breeding
US lost 22% of its butterflies over past 2 decades: What makes this data ‘catastrophic’?
March 09, 2025 12:54 pm
“Butterflies have been declining the last 20 years,” said study co-author Nick Haddad, an entomologist at Michigan State University. “And we don’t see any sign that that’s going to end.”
A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future
December 30, 2024 5:53 pm
His collection is private, although it was initially open to the public when he ran it as an education center between 1998 and 2003
Plain Tiger, Lemon Pansy: This year’s butterfly survey finds 68 species across Delhi’s 7 parks
October 13, 2024 3:03 am
Adult butterflies seen sun basking, mating, laying eggs, and larvae and eggs on host plants were observed.
As concretisation threatens butterfly habitats, an expert shares tips on setting up gardens for the winged pollinators
July 07, 2024 11:00 pm
A garden with a lot of caterpillars might end up having only a single butterfly because birds, ants and other insects prey upon the eggs and caterpillars of butterflies.
Scientists find first evidence that butterflies crossed an ocean
June 28, 2024 10:21 am
The painted lady, or the species Vanessa cardui, is one of the world’s most widespread butterflies, but it isn’t found in South America.
Daniel Dae Kim to lead Amazon's spy thriller series Butterfly
February 08, 2023 3:42 pm
Daniel Dae Kim, an American actor of Korean descent, said he is excited to be part of Butterfly which is an international story set in his native Korea.
Waste dump, dog shelters now among 67 ‘butterfly habitats’ in Delhi
September 30, 2021 8:11 am
The home in Faridabad, a former waste dump in a housing society, and two dog shelters are among 67 such habitats that have been created since 2018.
BUTTERFLY PHOTOS
In pics: A step closer to extinction, the Monarch butterfly is now on the global endangered species list
July 28, 2022 11:20 am
The butterflies are native to American regions but they migrate to places with milkweed plantations
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