# Media ## expand\_more ### A butterfly hybrid species evolves in the Amazon - Wang, Z. 17 April 2024. Scientists just found an evolutionary holy grail. (Hallado un ejemplo de fusión de especies, el santo grial de la evolución). National Geographic. and - Herzberg, N. 21 April. 2024. Ce papillon amazonien, hybride depuis 200 000 ans. Le Monde. [https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/04/21/ce-papillon-amazonien-hybride-depuis-200-000-ans\_6229047\_1650684.html?random=1153002009](https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/04/21/ce-papillon-amazonien-hybride-depuis-200-000-ans_6229047_1650684.html?random=1153002009) - Frayer, M.E., & Coughlan, J.M. 17 April 2024. Surprise hybrid origins of a butterfly species. Nature 628:723-724. - Cummings, S. 17 April 2024. Striking Amazonian butterfly is result of ancient hybrid event. Science. - Simon, C. 17 April 2024. Amazon butterfly evolved from hybrids. Harvard Gazette. - ANSAit. 18 April 2024. La 'farfalla amazzonica è prodotto di ibridi'. Una rarità che può diventare comune con i cambiamenti climatici. [https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/americalatina/2024/04/18/la-farfalla-amazzonica-e-prodotto-di-ibridi\_8ffcc858-fb9e-4673-8ce4-59eecd2dbb55.html](https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/mondo/americalatina/2024/04/18/la-farfalla-amazzonica-e-prodotto-di-ibridi_8ffcc858-fb9e-4673-8ce4-59eecd2dbb55.html) - Lopes, Reinaldo José. 20 April 2024. Namoro entre espécies de borboletas faz outra surgir na Amazônia. [https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/reinaldojoselopes/2024/04/namoro-entre-especies-de-borboletas-faz-outra-surgir-na-amazonia.shtml](https:/www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/reinaldojoselopes/2024/04/namoro-entre-especies-de-borboletas-faz-outra-surgir-na-amazonia.shtml?pwgt=kpttjq5bjeh6smki6sb8w7vtu6qj09jadanuwi5pcjknxf5u&utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=compwagift) - Universidad del Rosario. 18 April 2024. El origen híbrido de Heliconius elevatus: una forma alternativa de cómo se forman las especies. - University of York. 18 April 2024. New butterfly species created 200,000 years ago by two species interbreeding. ### Gene flow deep in the *Heliconius* species tree - Loren Rieseberg: [Mapping footprints of past genetic exchange](https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6465/570). Science magazine, 1 November 2019 - Todd Hollingshead: [Analysis of butterfly genomes reveals answers to complex evolutionary history questions](https://news.byu.edu/intellect/researchers-break-down-20-whole-genomes-of-perplexing-butterfly-to-find). Brigham Young University News, 31 October 2019 and [phys.org ](https://phys.org/news/2019-11-analysis-butterfly-genomes-reveals-complex.html)on 6 November 2019 - Paul Frandsen: [Butterfly genomes show surprising evolutionary histor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsTfaNQYYX0)y. YouTube Video, 31 October 2019 - Peter Reuell: [A clue to biodiversity?](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/10/gene-flow-between-butterfly-species-offers-clue-to-biodiversity/) Harvard Gazette, 31 October 2019 - Ian Connellan: [Species v hybrid. More fuel for the debate](https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/butterfly-story). Cosmos magazine, 1 November 2019 - Bennett McIntosh:[ Speciation is more complicated than Darwin could have imagined](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/10/butterflies-smash-species-barriers). Harvard Magazine, 31 October 2019 - Katarina Zimmer: [Gene regulation gives butterflies their stunning looks](https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/gene-regulation-gives-butterflies-their-stunning-looks-66724). The Scientist, 14 November 2019 - Ewen Callaway: [Every butterfly in the United States and Canada now has a genome sequence](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03521-4). Nature 575, 427-428, 19 November 2019 Our work was also argued to be in support of creationist theories of biodiversity... - [Darwinism is dead and the butterflies did it](https://uncommondescent.com/evolution/darwinism-is-dead-and-the-butterflies-did-it/). Uncommon Descent, 1 November 2019 ### Species and hybrids - [Boston Museum of Science, Perspectives: Are species real?](https://mos.org/node/45157976) Explore speciation with The Caterpillar Lab’s Sam Jaffe, biographer Anthony Crawforth, and geneticist James Mallet; Interview by Jonathan Fanning, November 2017. - [Shaking up the Tree of Life. Species were once thought to keep to themselves...](http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6314/817) Liz Pennisi in Science 18 November 2016 - [Climate change is causing some mixed-up wildlife](http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/climate/climate-change-causing-species-mix-how-should-we-deal-these-hybrid-animals?page=show). Audubon Magazine, November 2013 - [\[File drawers: biologists struggle with the term "species"\].](http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/manuskript-ueber-schubladen.740.de.html?dram:article_id=260783) Deutchlandfunk Radio Interview, 9 August 2013 - [Interspecies sex: evolution's hidden secret?](https://web.archive.org/web/20070317192340/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/03/070314-hybrids.html) National Geographic News, 14 March 2007 ![peppered.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6606/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/malletlab/files/peppered.jpeg?itok=uIeHnLuU) Photo: Jim MalletMelanic ("*carbonaria*") and non-melanic ("*typica*") forms of the peppered moth, *Biston betularia*, in Kent, England. ### *Heliconius* genome sequenced - [Butterfly sequencing finds adaptive features stemming from hybrid sequence swaps](https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/butterfly-sequencing-finds-adaptive-features-stemming-hybrid-sequence-swaps). GenomeWeb, 16 May 2012 - [Gene flow makes for copycat color patterns](http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6083/787.1.full). Science Magazine, 18 May 2012 - [Vivid details. Research on butterflies reveals genetic sharing](http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/05/vivid-details/). Harvard Gazette, 17 May 2012 - [Some butterflies get unique wing patterns by crossbreeding](http://articles.latimes.com/2012/may/17/science/la-sci-sn-butterfly-mimicry-20120517). LA Times, 17 May 2012 - [Las mariposas que comparten colores para sobrevivir](http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2012/05/120517_mariposas_cruza_am.shtml). BBC Mundo, 18 May 2012 - [La promiscuidad de las mariposas mejora su supervivencia](http://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-promiscuidad-de-las-mariposas-mejora-su-supervivencia). Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas (SINC), 16 May 2012 - [Mimicry in nature](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/science/solving-the-puzzles-of-mimicry-in-nature.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y&_r=0). New York Times, 12 March 2013 New York Times, 12 March 2013 Cover of Science, Nov. 1, 2019, featuring our paper on genomic evidence for gene flow among species. ![Science cover, Nov. 1, 2019](/sites/g/files/omnuum6606/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/malletlab/files/cover_med_v2.jpg?itok=TMqWWGPM) Photo by Andrew Neild### Hybrid speciation in the Amazon ![hybrid speciation - elevatus](/sites/g/files/omnuum6606/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/malletlab/files/hybrid_speciation_elevatus.jpg?itok=I0Njc-M7) *Heliconius elevatus*. [Nature 628: 811-817, 25 April 2024](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07263-w)### The peppered moth revisited - [Discovery of peppered moth and *Heliconius* colour switch gene](http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36424768). BBC World Service, 1 June 2016 - [Mighty moth man](http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32032/title/Mighty-Moth-Man/). The Scientist, 1 May 2012 - [Classic sooty-moth tale bolstered by new results](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/classic-sooty-moth-tale-bolstered-new-results). Science News, 8 February 2012 - [The peppered moth story is solid](http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/the-peppered-moth-story-is-solid/). Why Evolution Is True, February 2012 - [Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: the last experiment of Michael Majerus](https://pandasthumb.org/archives/2012/02/selective-bird.html). Panda's Thumb, 8 February 2012 - [The peppered moth: a black-and-white story after all](http://www.talkreason.org/articles/mallet.cfm). Talk Reason, 9 December 2003 ![melpomenefg_sm.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6606/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/malletlab/files/melpomenefg_sm.jpg?itok=GP2h6LGI) Photo: Chris Jiggins *Heliconius melpomene*, the "postman butterfly" from Eastern Panama.