A mention of silk moths may conjure up images of China where, for millennia, fibers teased from cocoons of domesticated silk moths (Bombyx mori) have been used to manufacture silk, and the producers, ...

Two moths the size of a hand, patterned in brown and pink around four translucent sections like window panes, mate for hours ...

The story of this ancient international heist reveals much about the ancient economies of both ancient Rome and China.

Due to continuous drought and high temperatures, pine moths are now rampant in north China's Shanxi Province, eating away large areas of pine forest. Statistics released by the provincial forestry ...

The world's largest moth, Attacus atlas, was found recently in Hezhou, a city in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. It was stumbled upon by a team of entomologists from Guangxi Normal ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

We previously fact-checked news reports out of China holding that there is a bird, the golden pheasant, with a hairdo strikingly similar to Trump's. Heppner, John B. 'Twirler Moths (Lepidoptera ...

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 ...