"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try." ...

Watch: These surprisingly beautiful insects are sure to blow you away with their unmistakable beauty and odd lives.

The box tree moth is a non-native, invasive insect that has the potential to cause major damage to one of the most popular plants used in our landscape. This would be the different species of boxwood.

The insects are not actually drawn to the glow like “moths to a flame,” as the old saying suggests, but rather trapped in a disorienting orbit around the artificial light, scientists reported ...

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

Fuller of Vacaville loves the luna moth display at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis. Moth Night is July 12 from 7 to ...

Moths and other insects clearly keep their backs positioned towards the light source, he says: "I totally buy that argument." But Seymoure is more skeptical of the researchers' claim that insects ...

Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the hawk moth or hummingbird moth. No matter what you call it, this is a ...

Spongy moth caterpillars devour a leaf. This invasive species, originally imported from Europe, causes trees to produce toxins, which in turn can harm native moth populations.

“Like moths to a flame” is a saying that alludes to insects’ apparent attraction to artificial light. A new study has found a potential explanation for the behavior.