Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A clothes moth infestation spells real trouble for your closet. Before you know it, all your favorite sweaters and expensive silk ...

The concept of moths being attracted to light is so established that it’s found in poems, song lyrics, and folklore. These days, moths fly around lightbulbs, but in the past, it would be a naked flame ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bogong moth. (Dr. Ajay Narendra / Macquarie University) (Dr. Ajay Narendra) Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast ...

Those insects you see flying in crazed circles are trying to keep their backs towards the light because they think that direction is up, new... 'Like moths to a flame'? Here's what's going on with ...

Enormous numbers of migratory moths that fly high above our heads throughout the night aren't at the mercy of the winds that propel them toward their final destinations. Rather, they rely on ...

Millions of moths have begun migrating into Colorado Front Range cities, a climate-driven seasonal surge that bug scientists say will reach an exceptional intensity this year, from now until around ...

I didn't have to wait until dark to tally the first species during National Moth Week. I startled resting moths from tall roadside grass. It was a common species called Mocis latipes, a species whose ...

Scientists have found that artificial light can interfere with many insects' ability to position themselves relative to the sky. (Scott Linstead / Science Source) Turn on a light outside at night, and ...