A team of paleontologists affiliated with several institutions in Argentina, working with a colleague from the U.K., has ...

Paleontologists associated with different institutions in Argentina, along with a scientist from the U.K., have identified specks of scales from lepidopterans—a family of winged insects including ...

Tiny wing scales trapped in fossilized dung suggest butterflies evolved long before flowers appeared.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

They feed on flower nectar, dipping in a long thin proboscis. They fly and move just like hummingbirds – hence the name. Like their feathered friends, the moths can remain suspended in the air ...

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It is spring on the Front Range of Colorado, which means before long the region will receive an influx of many, many moths.

Warm temperatures, not just predator pressure, may favor luna moths’ long bat-fooling streamers, a geographic analysis of iNaturalist pics shows.

The newly discovered Mosura fentoni specimen is only about 15 to 61 millimeters long (0.6 to 2.4 inches). The "sea moth" features a short head; small, rounded exoskeleton; three prominent eyes ...