Egor Kornev tied a world record last week. He broke one outright on Saturday. Kornev, a 22-year-old Russian, swam the fastest ...

A year on from Sologamy, the second album that landed like a blistering ball of melodic fury onto turntables via New Heavy ...

Exeter researchers analyze 397 European species to show motion dazzle from stripes and tails can divert attacks during the ...

Researchers shot butterflies taking off in super slo-mo and found the patterned wings may actually be an optical illusion to ...

Contrasting stripes and wing movements may create an illusion that makes it harder for predators to assess a butterfly’s speed and flight direction.

When a bird lunges at a butterfly in mid-flight, it may see something that is not there — the insect’s wings flashing beneath ...

Researchers study a natural defence used by butterflies Their wing markings can create misleading motion signals Stripes on ...

The optical illusion inside butterfly wings is similar to the barber-pole illusion. When looking at the red-and-white striped ...

Old-fashioned striped barbershop poles turn in place on a vertical axis, but humans typically perceive the stripes moving ...

That’s because the dazzling stripes and spots on their wings create powerful visual illusions as they flap, tricking ...

Professor Richard Fox, head of science at the conservation, said adult butterflies loved hot weather, but warned they could be on course "for a population crash". "The extreme droughts in 1976 and ...

It’s the type of journey normally reserved for birds or whales, but it’s being done by butterflies. Monarch butterflies found east of the Rocky ...