Moths are often unfairly thought of as butterflies' drab cousins. But there are lots of wonderfully colourful species and plenty with dramatic patterns, including in the UK. Whether you are a seasoned ...

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

Huge moth that went 'extinct' 50 ... “September is a special time for studying moths in the British Isles, with a colourful range of resident species mixing with more exotic species from ...

The British moth population is in rapid decline, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. A report by Butterfly Conservation says the number of common moths has fallen by a third since ...

Other examples include a number of Sloane’s Urania, an extinct species of moth with iridescent red, blue and green markings, which was is believed to have been wiped out in the late 1890s due to ...

A native British moth, thought to have been extinct for 50 years, has been spotted in Suffolk. The moth, known as the Clifden nonpareil is one of the country's largest and most spectacular moths ...