“The wing was in perfect shape," said Janine Bendicksen, director of wildlife rehabilitation at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, N.Y. New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant ...

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SMITHTOWN, N.Y. – A monarch butterfly has a new lease on life after he received the first butterfly wing transplant at a wildlife rehabilitation center. The endangered insect was recently brought to ...

A monarch butterfly got a second chance after vets repaired its broken wing using a transplant from a deceased butterfly. A monarch butterfly has been granted a rare second chance at life after ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found an unusual ally in the quest to make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide: the Morpho butterfly. Known ...

MILLERSBURG – Encased in a series of cabinets, dozens of moth and butterfly displays sit in neatly arranged frames and mounts, waiting to be unearthed for its next showing. More than 18,000 of the ...

Delicate butterfly wings are pretty cool — literally, thanks to special structures that protect them from overheating in the sun. New thermal images of butterflies show that living parts of the wing — ...

New York City veterinarians performed a wing transplant procedure on a monarch butterfly in a video that's since gone viral The butterfly's wing was repaired at the Sweetbriar Nature Center in ...

Contrary to popular belief, butterfly wings actually have living cells that help them thermoregulate. Yu et al. SHARE From the iridescent blue wings of the Eumaeus atala butterfly to the painted ...