Watch a stunning lunar moth enjoy his first time in the sunlight. This moth looks like a real-life Pokémon character. I adore ...

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 ...

A study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for food ...

Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change, new research shows.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the peppered moth population of Great Britain there is variation in the colour of the moth’s bodies. Some moths have a light body; some have a dark, or melanic body. Body colour is an ...

"We looked at about 581 species of angiosperms (flowering plants) and the flying adults of 172 Lepidoptera species (butterflies and moths) from 2016 to 2022," Li said. "We also looked at the ...