University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers identified 10 new species and seven new groups (genera) of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths. While new species are frequently discovered, the description of a new ...

For decades, mpox did not pose a threat to Americans, but that changed rapidly and repeatedly over the past five years.

Moths have been disappearing from backyards and forests across the globe, and scientists may have just uncovered a major reason why. Research reveals that the very lights designed to make human nights ...

The Death’s-head hawk moth refers to three closely related species. These species include Acherontia atropos, an African/European species, Acherontia lachesis, the greater death’s-head in Asia, and ...

Sarah Venter receives funding from the Baobab Foundation. Baobabs are sometimes called “upside-down trees”, because their branches look like roots reaching skywards. Of the eight species of baobab in ...

In tea gardens (represented as bottom left), tea plants grow as dense branched shrubs, making visual recognition from aerial views difficult. In addition, both color morphs (melanic and grey) are not ...

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 ...

What Is Convergent Evolution? Hummingbird Hawk-Moth Hovering Flight Dynamics Incredible Vision Why Are They Called Hawkmoths? What initially appears to be a confusing video of a moth-hummingbird ...

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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 ...