Butterfly on a branch.

UC Irvine biologists find what colors a butterfly’s world

Study identifies first known gene change in sex-differentiated vision

UCI biologist Adriana Briscoe

UCI butterfly expert’s advocacy for Hispanic scientists takes wing with award

Adriana Briscoe receives the 2020 University Faculty Award

The Anteater butterfly effect

‘Small token of appreciation’ leads to surprise gifts for new UCI medical students

UCI-led butterfly study sheds light on convergent evolution

Researchers find single gene controls mimicry across different species.

Genetic link found between butterfly vision and wing colors

Butterfly experts have suspected for more than 150 years that vision plays a key role in explaining wing color diversity.…

Heliconius erato butterfly

Butterfly vision, wing colors linked

Butterflies that have a duplicate gene allowing them to see ultraviolet colors also have UV-yellow pigment on their wings, reports the study by UCI’s Adriana Briscoe, Seth Bybee and colleagues.

Butterfly gene

Butterflies that have a duplicate gene allowing them to see ultraviolet colors also have UV-yellow pigment on their wings, reports the study by UCI’s Adriana Briscoe, Seth Bybee and colleagues.

Butterfly biologist earns award for her work with women, minority scientists

Adriana Briscoe, ecology and evolutionary biology associate professor, uses the beauty of butterflies and their spectacular biology to attract and…

A colorfully lit home exterior under a twilight sky in the early evening.

Building homes for a sustainable world

UC Irvine student engineer teams earn praise for innovation at the Sustainability Decathlon

Tobin Hammer, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, leans over a colony of bumblebees inside a climate-controlled room at UCI. On the shelf by his right arm is a modified hand-held vacuum used to capture escapees.

The secret life of bumblebees

UCI scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects