Moths

Over 1,000 species of nocturnal moths come into the light, in the new book, “Mariposas Nocturnas.”

A miniscule moth with a wingspan measuring only 0.4 inches (9 millimeters) is the first species to be named for the soon-to-be president of the United States, Donald Trump.

A new species of daddy longlegs has been unearthed lurking on the forest floor in the mountains of Oregon, and it’s a relative beast compared to its close cousins.

It can hear the highest-known sound frequency, possibly to evade batty predators.

The animals make strange cradlelike cocoons.

Australian pygmy moths that are well equipped for courtship are appropriately borrowing their name from the infamous Italian philanderer Giacomo Casanova.

Moths that otherwise look alike are set apart by their privates.

The wildly different looks of moth privates.

Fossils hold the key to the colors of moths' wings.