When animals cry, moths start licking their chops. The less glamorous relatives of butterflies have been known to use their long proboscis to sip the tears of everything from birds to reptiles to even ...

Minecraft has recently released experimental builds for the upcoming drop, introducing features such as the nautilus, camel husks, and the spear weapon. While players are enjoying this feature, some ...

You’ve seen insects swarm around artificial lights. But new research suggests the reason why is not what you think. Many theories have been proposed to explain ...

Take a stroll through a garden or restored patch of native plants, and you might catch a creature zipping skillfully among the blooms much like a tiny-but-fierce hummingbird on the hunt for nectar.

NEW YORK (AP) — An Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass, according to a new study. When temperatures heat up, nocturnal Bogong moths ...

Australian migratory moths use the night sky to maintain their course when they travel long distances to shelter in cool caves during the arid summer. Kenneth J. Lohmann is in the Department of ...

“The first time we saw them flying under the night sky with no other cue and flying in the right direction, we had to hold on to the edge of the table,” says study co-author Eric Warrant, an ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Warmer weather across Colorado means it’s time to prepare for the annual influx of migrating miller moths. Soon, the dusty pollinators will be hovering ...

For the first time, biologists have linked the ribbony “tails” streaming from big, green luna moths’ hind wings with, of all things, a cozy climate. Those dangling wing tails rank among such evolution ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — It’s springtime in Colorado: ...

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 ...