shimmering with blue-green light, perfectly matched the mood. But it wasn’t a dye that lent that dress (still viewable at Smallhythe Place in Kent) its eerie, glittering glamor; it was the wing cases ...

The Miami tiger beetle — a diminutive, iridescent native of Florida — was first discovered and described in the 1930s. But after its discovery, it wasn't seen again for six decades, when it was found ...

Picture an octopus that could be deadly to humans. You’re probably thinking of a large creature, and not one that is the size of your palm. But indeed, that’s the blue-ringed octopus, one of several ...