How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising alarms.

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

These caterpillars rely on ants to tend them, and they use a surprisingly complex sense of rhythm to make it happen ...

Volunteers across London are being enlisted to grow a threatened wildflower vital for bees, butterflies and rare moths, in an effort to stop one of the capital's rarest plants from disappearing.

An inconspicuous moth appears to be a critical factor in the winter survival of island bats. Bats neither hibernate nor migrate in the San Juan Islands. Instead, they disperse widely in the autumn and ...

A TEAM of volunteers has won an environmental award for its work to improve public green spaces. The Leftwich Meadows Conservation Group received the Conservation and Environment Award at this year’s ...

As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies in your garden during the day. And perhaps if you've left a porch light on during the night, you will ...

This section explains how to catch butterflies and moths across Gibbi Point. They spawn only under certain conditions linked to time of day, festivals, quests, or special actions. Butterflies and ...

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

Like butterflies and bees, moths play an essential role as pollinators. But unlike these and many other insects, they do their work at night. It is the unique habits of these species — there are said ...

I have been raising butterflies and moths since I could walk. When I was a child, I would tell all the adults that “I was going to be a Lepidopterist when I grew up.” That statement sure had a way of ...