The Death's-head hawk moth, recognizable by its skull-like thorax marking, is a harmless yet intriguing insect found across Africa, Asia, and Europe. This species employs unique defenses, including a ...

Inside Bend’s First Presbyterian Church, 6,614 origami are strung in garlands of shades of blue, green, pink, brown, purple, yellow and red. The paper art is hung on all sides of the sanctuary, where ...

An international team of researchers has found that Australia’s Bogong moth relies on the stars as well as on the Earth’s magnetic field to guide it on its annual migratory journey. An earlier study, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. They are vital pollinators who come out at night, but now moths have emerged into the ...

Even with brains smaller than a grain of rice, Bogong moths are expert navigators. By Lauren Leffer Published Jun 18, 2025 11:00 AM EDT CREDIT: Dr. Ajay Narendra (Macquarie University, Australia) Get ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

Friends of Logan’s Meadow hosted a nature picnic as Cambridge City Council officially reopened the site on Sunday (8 June) after eight weeks of major works on the new wetlands features. Along with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Warmer weather across Colorado means it’s time to prepare for the annual influx of migrating miller moths. Soon, the dusty pollinators will be hovering ...

For the first time, biologists have linked the ribbony “tails” streaming from big, green luna moths’ hind wings with, of all things, a cozy climate. Those dangling wing tails rank among such evolution ...

McCLELLANVILLE — The swamp transformed as dusk swallowed the last of the sun’s rays. Bats flickered overhead, barely a blur against the darkening sky. A night heron squawked in the distance. The air ...

Butterflies might get all the credit for being the pretty ones, but moths can definitely share the spotlight. Some of these creatures have wings that shimmer, colors that rival gemstones, and patterns ...

If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought. It’s true that most moths are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to see them ...