University of Arkansas professor receives grant to study butterflies

Erica Westerman, an associate professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, holds a male squinting bush brown butterfly Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in a greenhouse at the university in Fayetteville.The National Science Foundation awarded Westerman with a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award to support her research on the role of genetics and ambient light in shaping the visual sensitivity and behavior of butterflies. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)

FAYETTEVILLE -- For anyone who has ever gazed at a butterfly and wondered what it sees, and how that influences how it behaves,...

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