“I dreamt that I woke up and my entire garden was eaten and all that was left were hundreds of these thicc boys." Gardener discovers monstrous insect devouring their plants: 'I didn't know what they ...

For most of their history, moths navigated the night by the moon and stars. Today, that natural map is being drowned out by ...

A homeowner was startled to spot a bizarre creature resembling both a crocodile and a snake. Marianne De Guzman discovered an ...

Light pollution poses a growing threat to moths. In her Lightstar project, which has been awarded a prestigious EU Starting Grant worth 1.5 million euros, zoologist Jacqueline Degen from the ...

Farmers are hoping for a cool, wet spring to halt a three-year population explosion of a pest which has the potential to destroy crops. The effects of the beet moth on sugar beet crops in East Anglia ...

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Nisa Salim does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Caitlyn Forster previously received funding from the Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with Invertebrates Australia. As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the ...

Clothes moths often enter the home through fabric or food brought in from outside. Irregular holes in clothes or furniture indicate moth activity. Clothes made from natural fibers should be kept in ...

Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. In 2017, European researchers discovered a potential solution. The larvae ...

What initially appears to be a confusing video of a moth-hummingbird hybrid creature is actually a perfect excuse for us to explain an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. The creature is the ...