Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

WASHINGTON -- Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study ...

Humans have used the stars for navigation for centuries, relying on them as maps for long journeys. But did you know that insects might also use the stars for a similar reason? Specifically, there is ...

It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to ...

PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK, KPHO) — On Arizona’s Weather Authority Facebook page, we keep getting the same question from viewers all over the Valley. People want to know: why are there so many flies and moths ...