Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the hawk moth or hummingbird moth. No matter what you call it, this is a large ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) on flower, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Xanthopan morganii ...

There is just so much going on in science that no single person can keep up with it all. So when a friend of mine sent me a copy of an article about the beginnings of a remote-controlled moth, I just ...

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is asking the public to keep an eye out for massive moths after one was spotted in Bellevue, Washington, earlier this summer. The insects, called ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

The Entomological Society of America says the common names for the two insects include a pejorative for Roma people. It's part of a wider effort... The largest organization of insect experts in the ...

Scientists have found that artificial light can interfere with many insects' ability to position themselves relative to the sky. (Scott Linstead / Science Source) Turn on a light outside at night, and ...