And they realized that pretty much any way you could think to make the wing transparent, some butterfly or moth had figured out how to do it. That's what got us looking in more detail at the ...

These enigmatic, transparent butterfly wings have not been studied comprehensively. Doris Gomez and Marianne Elias (French National Center for Scientific Research) set out to change that.

Creatures with transparent, glass-like skin can be found lurking in abundance in ecosystems around the globe. Here's our list of 11.

These colorful butterflies were created using transparent ink. Clear printer ink gets its hues from structural color. Transparent ink takes on a variety of hues when printed in precise, ...

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.

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.