The island of New Guinea is famed for its eye-popping diversity of plants, animals and human cultures. Estimated to host ...

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Commonly known as milkweed, Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous, perennial plants in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) plant family. Named for Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, plants exude a sticky, milky ...

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This iridescent blue butterfly lives in the rainforests of Central America ... The Lilac-Breasted Roller is a stunningly colored African bird known for its aerial displays during mating season. Both ...

The researchers added the “curious” to the butterfly’s common name because of its uniquely “small population size and high degree of long-term isolation.” ...

“They are talking about the Malabar Flash or the Rapala Lankana, a butterfly belonging to the Blues family and considered very rare. It’s a dream species of any butterfly enthusiast,” says ...