The first tiger moth to evolve had ancestral defenses--this species is the base of the tiger moth evolutionary tree." Five species of Gnophaela are members of the tiger moths, day flying moths that ...

Across the rainforests of Central and South America, dozens of butterfly species wear nearly identical wing patterns. Some ...

Have you ever felt that a person in a portrait is watching you, their eyes following you about a room? This optical illusion is known as the Mona Lisa effect, after Leonardo da Vinci’s famously ...

British moths were turned black by the grime of the Industrial Revolution, according to new research. The study suggests the metamorphosis happened as their pale wings would have shown up against the ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...

Triangular leaf senecio, Senecio triangularis, is common on the eastern slope of Cimarron Ridge in the San Juan Mountains, from 9,000 to over 10,000 feet. This year they grew to 5 feet tall with ...