BILLINGS – As the less sexy and drab relative of the butterfly, moths don’t get a lot of positive attention. It doesn’t help that most are active at night. Yet they outnumber butterflies about nine to ...

I’m an evolutionary biologist and entomologist, serving as curator of entomology at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum ...

Welcome to National Moth Week! (July 23-31) As an insect enthusiast, I encourage everyone to take a closer look at the vast diversity of moths that fill our world. Butterflies and moths belong to the ...

Scientists have unveiled a new species of moth found only on the Greek island of Crete — and named it after Chicago-born Pope ...

As a caterpillar, the invasive spongy moth consumes as much leaf tissue as it can, as fast as it can, threatening the lives of whole forests across the upper Midwest. But Illinois continues to stand ...

New has found that ozone pollution disrupts moth mating by destroying sex pheromones, suggesting widespread consequences for ...

ERIE, Pa. — A highly destructive, invasive insect new to North America was recently discovered in Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was located in two Erie County cemeteries, according to the ...

Populations of large moths seemed to be declining in a recent survey of the New Hope Creek Corridor. At the upcoming Moth Night, David Bradley of the Durham County Open Space Program said he is ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Stand outside one spring night in southeastern Australia and you may be able to witness one of the biggest insect migrations in the world, as billions of brown Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) flit ...