Butterflies that were exposed to nuclear fallout from Japan's Fukushima meltdown developed abnormalities like smaller wings and damaged eyes, and passed those mutations down through three generations of offspring.
Researchers from Ryukyu University in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, found that around 12 percent of pale grass blue butterfly larvae that were exposed to fallout immediately after the tsunami-sparked disaster developed mutations.
By: Mark Brown, Edited by: Duncan Geere
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-08/14/mutant-butterflies
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