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 ...

But when I flicked through James Loewen's British Moths this week I was blown away by the beauty and variety of nature's forgotten insects. This guide to our 350 commonest species — out of 2,500 — ...

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 ...

These two colorful royal walnut moths were caught most likely in the act of mating by Gretchen Tecson in College Park in Virginia Beach. Tecson is Nancy Speisser’s stepdaughter and Speisser sent the ...