This Polyphemus moth perched on Jin the cat’s head. As the owner petted Jin, their dog, Cachi, started freaking out at the ...

Tami Gingrich outlines the effects of light pollution on native moth populations and makes suggestions for helping them.

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...

Polyphemus Moth The polyphemus moth is also common in the east, but can be found as far west as California. The large ...

Native to Australia, tiny Bogong moths travel hundreds of miles in an astonishing annual migration by using the starry night sky to navigate, according to a new study.

Researchers believe they now have the answer: stellar navigation. This would make the Bogong moth the first insect to use the stars for long-distance navigation as it makes its extended migratory ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The ...

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the Milky Way to navigate hundreds of kilometers across the country during ...