Look at the size of this moth -it's 11 inches across! This is the Atlas moth , the largest moth species in the world. The wings have transparent...  ...t tissue. See many more pictures of this gorgeous moth

(Watch on Vimeo) The German-based production team know as Polynoid is a collaboration of Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay, Fabian Pross and Tom Weber, all design, music and storytelling geniuses. This 5-minute film...

Underwater caterpillars don't turn into butterflie...  ...water caterpillars don't turn into butterflies or moths , because they are dead, right? Not so for twelve...  ...biologist Daniel Rubinoff, who has been studying moth genus Hyposmocoma for seven years, said he couldn...

Scientists have been puzzled over the purpose of t...  ...s have been puzzled over the purpose of the Tiger Moth 's tymbal organ membrane, which is able to vibrate...  ...is that it serves as a warning to bats, since the moths are able to retain poisons harvested from host pl...  ...rvested from host plants. Sci...

Caterpillars of the Great Peacock Moth (Saturnia pyri) are making quite a buzz. A recent...

The world of moths is one that we'll probably never fully understand...  ...Rothamsted Research brings us one step closer: Moths that fly high above our heads throughout the nigh...  ...ar how the creatures - in this case, the Silver Y moth - actually navigate between sunset and...

Image: t_buchteleButterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera, which is derived...  ...percent, however, are butterflies - the rest are moths . The first primitive moths evolved over 140 million years ago (butterflies,...  ...came fashionably late about 40 million ye...