The same gene that enables tropical butterflies to mimic each other's bright and colorful patterning also caused British moths to turn black amid the grime of the industrial revolution, researchers ...

Tiny light-scattering structures that give today’s butterflies and moths their brilliant hues date back to the days of the dinosaurs. Fossilized mothlike insects from the Jurassic Period bear textured ...

A number of colourful moths with names to match have been documented at Loch Leven National Nature Reserve. Image caption, A number of colourful moths with names to match have been documented at Loch ...

Moths, often overlooked, boast brilliant colours rivaling butterflies, showcasing shades of pink, gold, blue, and purple. These nocturnal wonders use their vibrant hues for camouflage, predator ...

Moths are those “mysterious butterflies" that fly around at night, fluttering at our porch lights or around our windowsills. Midsummer is a great time for spotting these beauties in the northern ...

Fossilized moth wings that look blue in death would have been yellow-green in life, a new study finds, suggesting a colorful method of camouflage and warning. The moths probably used their colors some ...

THE present volume concludes Mr. South's excellent synopsis of the British Macro-lepidoptera, which occupies three volumes, one of butterflies and one of moths having appeared previously. We have ...