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 ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Being an insect is a hard-fought ...

Luna moths - arguably the most spectacular moths in North America - deflect bat attacks with their ornate wing tails. Photo: Robert Marien/Corbis Animals have evolved countless ways to avoid being ...

(Nanowerk News) Experts at the University of Bristol have discovered that the scales on moth wings act as excellent sound absorbers even when placed on an artificial surface. The researchers, which ...

Some moths aren’t so easy for bats to detect. The cabbage tree emperor moth has wings with tiny scales that absorb sound waves sent out by bats searching for food. That absorption reduces the echoes ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

A 47-million-year-old fossil moth from Messel, Germany. The moth is in glycerine, which make its structural colors appear yellow. A 47-million-year-old fossil moth wing looks yellow in glycerine. When ...

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 ...