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 ...

Moths are flying later into the year as warmer falls extend their season, giving some species time for additional generations ...

Many prey species have eyespot markings that are believed to ward off predators. But how, and does a predator's angle of approach make them less effective? Dr. Hannah Rowland and Dr. John Skelhorn ...

Triangular leaf senecio, Senecio triangularis, is common on the eastern slope of Cimarron Ridge in the San Juan Mountains, from 9,000 to over 10,000 feet. This year they grew to 5 feet tall with ...

British moths were turned black by the grime of the Industrial Revolution, according to new research. The study suggests the metamorphosis happened as their pale wings would have shown up against the ...

Q. I found this moth with a sword or cross on its wings on my porch. What is it? — Teresa, Marlboro A. It does resemble a crusader's cross or sword. It is a Clymene moth. It is out and about this time ...

Designer Eleanor Lutz used high-speed nature footage, Photoshop, and Illustrator to map the wingbeats of five different species. The result is a visually arresting confluence of art and science that ...

Have you ever felt that a person in a portrait is watching you, their eyes following you about a room? This optical illusion is known as the Mona Lisa effect, after Leonardo da Vinci’s famously ...

The first tiger moth to evolve had ancestral defenses--this species is the base of the tiger moth evolutionary tree." Five species of Gnophaela are members of the tiger moths, day flying moths that ...