We consistently found one group of 15 moth species on the boronias with the weird flowers in the biodiversity hotspot of Western Australia’s South West. Each moth species was found only on a ...

As my colleagues and I detail in our new research, moths are indeed the mystery pollinators of this strange group of flowers. This knowledge is crucial to ensuring their long-term survival. My ...

We consistently found one group of 15 moth species on the boronias with the weird flowers in the biodiversity hotspot of Western Australia's South West. Each moth species was found only on a ...

Moths were occasionally mentioned in the botanical literature as potential pollinators, but the full story remained elusive – until now. As my colleagues and I detail in our new research, moths are ...

A friend of mine in possession of a greater bullshit detector than my own had always been suspicious. “It just doesn’t ring ...

There, the team put over 100 moths to the test. First, they recorded migrating moths’ flight directions with no coherent magnetic guide and no visual stimulation, underneath a black felt tent.

When they rotated the sky 180 degrees, the moths changed their flight to follow along. And when the researchers projected weird, incorrect maps of the night sky, the moths became erratic and lost.

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...