Jannique Mulder-Slater is a 16-year-old aspiring entomologist from Bocabec, N.B., who found three rare cecropia moths in her ...

It’s North America’s largest moth, boasting a wingspan of up to 6 inches. Moths are commonly nocturnal—but the Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus), a member of the Uraniidae family ...

Butterflies likely split from nocturnal moths around 100 million years ago in present-day western North America or Central America, a new study of the winged insects finds.

These invasive moths are poised to proliferate across North America Much of the continent’s climate is “very suitable” for box tree moths, researchers say. May 19, 2024 More than 1 year ago ...

After 20 years, he is no less enthusiastic — or worried. Wagner traveled to Burns Piñon to help finish his magnum opus, the successor to his 500-page guide to eastern North America’s ...

moths, flower flies, bats, and hummingbirds. “Our study provides the most comprehensive picture yet of the pollinator crisis in North America," said Tara Cornelisse, lead author of the study and ...

Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night ...

The entomologist group Butterflies and Moths of North America writes on its website that there are roughly 50 species in this family found in North America.

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