In the early 1990s, Keith Willmott and a friend, both undergraduate students from the United Kingdom, arrived in Ecuador with ...

At first glance, the wings of this moth may seem unimpressive, but a closer look reveals an impressive mimic, from the perfect leaf shape and tiny veins right down to the broken edges. The orange ...

Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide -- they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests a new study. Transparent wing patches may do more than allow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies in your garden during the day.

Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study indicates that the few moth and butterfly species (Lepidoptera) capable of adjusting to a changing climate ...

Comparison of over 200 high-quality butterfly and moth genomes reveals key insights into their biology, evolution and diversification Cookie settings over the last 250 million years, as well as clues ...

Threatened by loss of habitat, industrial agriculture and climate change, butterfly populations have been dwindling in recent years in the UK. Butterfly Conservation, a British charity devoted to ...

Butterflies and moths, the Lepidoptera, are among the most beautiful of insects, familiar to almost everyone through thousands of different species from all around the world. But how they evolved has ...

We'll never look at pond scum the same way again. Scientists in Germany discovered the oldest known fossils of moths and butterflies while sifting through what could be described as ...

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 ...

Climate warming reduces nectar quality in flowers, leaving migrating monarch butterflies with less energy to survive winter.