As humans drop off to sleep, the invisible world of moths comes to life. Across the planet, billions of the insects take flight on their nocturnal errands. Few places host more species than California ...

We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at [email protected] or call Voices editor Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. When Doug Beernink was 5 years old, his sister enlisted his ...

GARDEN VALLEY, Idaho — Eleven agencies from Idaho and Utah gathered on Idaho Forest Service land on Tuesday to collect moths that will be released in other areas to control invasive rush skeletonweed.

YUCCA VALLEY, CA, UNITED STATES - APRIL 27: Moth specimens collected by Laura Gaudette in Oak Creek Canyon in Coconino National Forest in Arizona, photographed in Yucca Valley, California, United ...

BILLINGS – As the less sexy and drab relative of the butterfly, moths don’t get a lot of positive attention. It doesn’t help that most are active at night. Yet they outnumber butterflies about nine to ...

Researchers and engineers at the University of Washington are using an unlikely six-legged ally to gather important environmental data from hard-to-reach places: moths. A group of researchers have ...

University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the ...

For Andrew Spicer, the bright lights of gas stations and discount superstores are a blessing and a curse. In the night hours, the glow acts as a magnet for moths, luring them out of the woods so ...

MARION, Iowa (AP) — Most of what’s known about moths in Iowa has been discovered by two Cedar Rapids-area citizen scientists. Working together for more than 15 years, Frank Olsen of Cedar Rapids and ...

A HUNDRED years ago, or perhaps even less, a man who displayed a fondness for collecting insects was commonly regarded as a weak-minded individual, whose power of managing his own affairs, although it ...

Most White Sands moths are white to blend in with their environment, but a select few black species have evolved as well. Laura Poppick It’s just after sunset, and I’m sitting in a truck amongst the ...