And with good reason. Sure, this Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) may be looming in the foreground of the photograph, but at close to a foot across, its wingspan is bigger than Attenborough’s entire face no ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — I stepped outside on my way to work Wednesday morning and was greeted with an unfamiliar sight. A small, fuzzy, black caterpillar was waiting for me on my porch. All I could ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

Australia is home to many extraordinary creatures, from Antarctic emperor penguins washing ashore to thelargest great white sharkever recorded. Adding to this list of oversized wonders, construction ...

Growing up I always thought of butterflies as beautiful and moths as their smaller, drab gray cousins flitting around the ...

The adult pūriri moth was seen sitting among dozens of her tiny eggs on Tiritiri Matangi Island, wildlife experts said. Street View Image from March 2017 ©2025 Google In New Zealand, the pūriri moth ...

You have probably seen moths fluttering around your porch light on summer nights, but did you know there’s one that is kind of like a hummingbird? It’s called a hawk moth, and although it mainly lives ...