An amateur entomologist's escaped moths in 1869 led to widespread forest defoliation across America. This invasive insect has ...

Until now, scientists have mostly focused on the wings' mechanical function. Turns out there was a lot more going on then ...

Insect wings are bristling with senses, feeling the wind blowing and even tasting potential mates, but little was known about ...

When grizzly bears clamber onto the talus slopes high in Glacier National Park, they're searching for an abundant, fatty meal ...

The insects flying in circles around your porch light aren’t captivated by the light. Instead, they may have lost track of which way is up, high-speed infrared camera data suggest. Moths and other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) on flower, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. While Darwin predicted ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were. By Veronique Greenwood See more of ...

New populations of two species of endangered native Hawaiian moth and damselfly were discovered on islands where they ...