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 ...

Researchers played simulated bat echolocation calls in the laboratory and found that egg-bearing A. nigrisigna stopped flying when exposed to high pulse repetition rates. This behavior could be ...

Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It's a pesticide-free attempt to control ...

Spongy moths have voracious appetites. Their feast of choice? Innocent plants. They can defoliate more than 300 kinds of trees and shrubs. "The caterpillars are kind of the definition of 'The Very ...

Born already running on empty When the atlas moth breaks out of its cocoon, it has already eaten its last meal, and that meal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated photo provided by Dan Olmstead in May 2017, diamondback moths mate on a cabbage leaf. Researchers in a New York ...