"Most studies have focused on climatic variables or seasonalities, such as annual temperatures or precipitation averages," ...

London, have discovered that a long-overlooked moth specimen in the Museum's collection was in fact collected by explorer and ...

The fruit-sucking moth (Eudocima aurantia) has long been known to resemble a leaf, but scientists have now discovered that its deception goes far deeper than meets the eye. Its wings, though flat ...

Click the right arrow to see more images of this caterpillar and the full-grown moth. Biology in the Background These caterpillars live in dense woodlands across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. They ...

The domestication of the silk moth is one of the oldest examples of insect domestication. The process of silk farming ...

A moth found in northern Australia and South-East Asia has an astonishing camouflage trick: it creates an optical illusion to look like a three-dimensional leaf, complete with a raised midrib ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Changes in moth abundance significantly affect insect-eating birds in Finland's boreal forests, with a stronger impact observed in northern regions. Early-season ...

With its tousled coif, this caterpillar would fit right in at a “wild hair day” event – but not for long, because it will soon transform into a unique-looking moth. Learn more Get a closer view of the ...

Although the peppered moth has been the poster child of Darwinian evolution ... the results of which were published yesterday (February 8) in Biology Letters. “These data provide the most direct ...

Codling moth is a major pest of apples in Adams County, where most of Pennsylvania’s apples grow. For the most part, a ...

The yucca and the moth: How extreme weather impacts the timing of biological events Finely tuned dependencies among species are susceptible to disruption, and a study suggests that impacts from ...