Butterflies might get all the credit for being the pretty ones, but moths can definitely share the spotlight. Some of these ...

It’s sometimes called the “comet moth” because its lengthy hindwing tails resemble comet tails. The Sphingidae family—also known as hawk moths, sphinx moths, or sphingids—includes the ...

After observing a specimen, Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a proboscis long enough to reach that nectar. Sure enough, decades later the giant hawk moth of Madagascar was ...