Bogong moths use both Earth's magnetic field and the starry night sky to make twice-yearly migrations spanning hundreds of ...

Moths are more efficient pollinators at night than day-flying pollinators such as bees, finds new research from the University of Sussex, published today (Wednesday 29 March 2023).

On a mid-summer day in the snow tussock grasslands of the rugged Lammermoor Range in Otago more than 40 years ago, butterfly ...

Both male and female rosy moths fly exclusively at night. Pink-striped oakworm moths, in the genus Anisota, are less flashy, with subtle grades of ocher, umber and marl.

The first two de Havilland Tiger Moths arrived in New Zealand on the MV Port Campbell in December 1937. They were transported to RNZAF Hobsonville Airbase where they were assembled and registered as ...

Bogong moths migrate hundreds of kilometres and back each year using the southern night sky as their compass.

The new study reveals that Bogong moths use stellar cues to chart their long-distance migration across southeastern Australia ...

This sleep-regulating gene could be the reason two similar species fly at different times of day. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every ...

Buck moths are swarming New Orleans skies, finding potential mates and laying eggs before Christmastime. Their best recognized in their adolescent stage, when they're stinging caterpillars that ...

Nocturnal rosy maple moths invested more energy in their sense of smell, whereas the day-flying oakworm moth produced more genes associated with vision. There were, however, no differences in the ...

Dropped catches were the story of Day Two for New Zealand but one of the ones they did take was truly special with Glenn Phillips producing a jaw-dropping grab.