Ethel Brooks, raised in a Romani community in New Hampshire, grew up with other kids telling her to stay away from “gypsy moths.” Brooks didn’t understand the connection between her Romani ...

The scientists who have been working on changing an invasive moth’s common name, which included an ethnic slur, have made their decision. Previously known as “gypsy moth,” the species ...

On Wednesday, the Entomological Society of America announced it was removing “gypsy moth” and “gypsy ant” as recognized common names for two insects. For Ethel Brooks, a Romani scholar ...

The largest organization of insect experts in the world is dropping its common names for two insects — the gypsy moth and gypsy ant — because it says the names are inappropriate and offensive.

Now this bug is winged and woke. The gypsy moth’s name has been scrapped by the country’s leading insect identification group because its scientists say the moniker is an ethnic slur ...

Previously called the gypsy moth, the Entomological Society of America changed the name to remove the derogatory term for the Romani people. Even though the name is new, these moths have been in ...

Gypsy moth larvae do the damage by eating foliage off trees. Aerial treatments to control invasive gypsy moths are set to begin in the coming days in parts of the Twin Cities metro area.

Officials from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation say the invasive gypsy moth species ate away at foliage in some pockets of the state, but the loss of acreage will not ...

HYANNIS (CBS) -- Gypsy moth caterpillars are known for eating leaves and ruining plants, but now, they are causing damage in another way. "For the last two weeks, as the caterpillars get larger ...

Early last month, the gypsy moth attacked the Bristol Mountain area of Ontario County. Now, the destruction from the leaf-eater is being seen across Central and Western New York. The state ...