The sphinx moth has a name that sounds straight out of mythology, but it actually reflects three very real creatures. Its name draws from the sphinx, the hawk, and the hummingbird — each describing ...

Lymantria dispar (say: “lie-man-tree-uh dis-par”), until most recently has been commonly known as the Gypsy moth. The moth now formerly known as the Gypsy moth has caused significant damage to more ...

A species of moth that was first described in 1818 was believed to be a single species. However, it has since been discovered that it is actually a complex of species, eight of which are found in ...

Found in the Amazon, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest, they were distinguished from what was previously known as a single ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, the bogong moth makes an epic journey across Australia. When the warmer days of spring spread across the country, ...

Regime shifts in the Atlantic Ocean, which have subsequently affected the Baltic Sea, are also impacting moths in Lapland, ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies in your garden during the day. And perhaps if you've left a porch light on during the night, you will ...

The Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge hosted its second annual Moth Night Out event Saturday night, July 19, at its headquarters in Liberty, Texas. Thousands turned out for the event. Twenty-five ...