On Wednesday, the Entomological Society of America announced that it was removing "gypsy moth" and "gypsy ant" as recognized common names for two insects. For Ethel Brooks, a Romani scholar ...

Until last month, it was called the gypsy moth. Now, it’s known as the spongy moth, a name inspired by the moth’s spongy egg masses. No matter what they’re called, the invasive moths are bad ...