A video claiming to spot the “largest living moth” in Kansas City and instead showing something human-sized is blowing up on TikTok. The eerie shadow creature appeared to have eyes on the back of its ...

When animals cry, moths start licking their chops. The less glamorous relatives of butterflies have been known to use their long proboscis to sip the tears of everything from birds to reptiles to even ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic calls emitted by bats determines whether they escape or become prey. This ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

After committing to Princeton as an international student, I felt uneasy about my arrival on campus. Moving thousands of miles away from home and entering a demanding academic environment were ...

The Moth Radio Hour meets the Vermont Symphony Orchestra: The VSO’s annual Made in Vermont tour celebrates musical storytelling, with three Moth storytellers joining the VSO Strings, all conducted by ...

Editor’s note: Every year, hundreds of undergraduates at the University of Delaware pursue research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, especially during the summer months. Such experiences ...

GEORGIA (WALB) – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division is putting a fun spin on spooky season urging residents to stay alert for one of the state’s most mysterious ...

For more than a century, a dazzling pink-and-yellow moth was mistaken for a common European species, but DNA analysis revealed it as entirely new: Carcina ingridmariae. Found across the eastern ...

It is not at all uncommon for me to see some fairly interesting things on my regular morning walk down to my Thinking Chair. I do my best to remember to scan my surroundings as I mosey along, but I ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has confirmed the detection of a new invasive insect in the Commonwealth: the box tree moth. Inspectors ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) have found box tree moths in a state park in Washington County. This is the first sighting ...