Moths and butterflies collectively belong to a big taxonomic group called Lepidoptera. That name means “scale-wing”, referring to the tiny scales that cover the wings of most of these species. The ...

(CN) – Moths that have evolved to be a paler color are less likely to be eaten than the darker moths that have adapted to air pollution, a British study found. In “one of the most iconic examples of ...

Learn about the evolution of Black Peppered Moths from Ms. Kearney, a middle school Science teacher in Philadelphia. Watch this animation from Ms. Kearney to learn about the evolution of Black ...

Reminiscence of the early days / Wendell L. Roelofs -- Pheromones : reproductive isolation and evolution in moths / Jeremy D. Allison and Ring T. Cardé -- Variation in moth pheromones : causes and ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 99, No. 21 (Oct. 15, 2002), pp. 13621-13626 (6 pages) Mate finding in most moth species involves long-distance ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Being poisonous can only protect you if potential predators know you’re poisonous. Many plants and animals have evolved protective coloration that bellows it in big, bad-tasting letters: “EAT ME AND ...

June 9 (UPI) --The battle between predators and prey inspires all kinds of evolutionary adaptations. Prey do what they can to avoid being eaten, while predators evolve new techniques for spotting and ...

Small animals typically localize sound sources by means of complex internal connections and baffles that effectively increase time or intensity differences between the two ears. However, some ...

But in the forests of East, Southeast and South Asia, there lives a moth called Macrocilix maia, who’s known for having a bit more of an … off-putting appearance. At first glance, Macrocilix maias’ ...