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Butterfly Science Breakthroughs of 2025 - What New Research Reveals — and Why It Matters for Conservation, Curiosity & The Butterfly Connection - - The Butterfly Connection -

Butterfly Science Breakthroughs of 2025 – What New Research Reveals — and Why It Matters for Conservation, Curiosity & The Butterfly Connection

Butterflies aren’t just garden jewelry. They are biological masterworks — breathing examples of evolution, engineering, adaptation, and survival. And 2025 has been an exciting year for butterfly science. From genome sequencing projects to discoveries in wing nanotechnology, researchers are uncovering astonishing details about how butterflies work, evolve, and shimmer. It turns out, the closer we […]

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The Atlas Blue Butterfly: Tiny Wings, Big Genes - - The Butterfly Connection -

The Atlas Blue Butterfly: Tiny Wings, Big Genes

Did you know the tiniest of butterflies is hiding the biggest genetic secret in the animal kingdom? Move over blue whales and elephants — the Atlas blue butterfly (Polyommatus atlantica) has just earned the record for the highest chromosome count of any multicellular animal on Earth: a jaw-dropping 229 pairs. That’s not just a world

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