Sitting alone in the cockpit of a small biplane, Martin Wikelski listens for the pings of a machine by his side. The sonic beacons help the ecologist stalk death’s-head hawkmoths (Acherontia atropos) ...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane—no wait, it’s a migrating moth… being followed by a plane? For the first time, scientists have continually tracked an insect over more than 50 miles of a long-distance ...

The much maligned moth – pest or saviour?

Discover the world's strangest moths. From the fluffy Venezuelan Poodle Moth to the giant Atlas Moth, these insects display incredible diversity. Learn about the Death's-Head Hawkmoth with its skull ...

THE singular cry produced by the Death's Head Moth has for a long time been known to naturalists, and the question of the exact method of its production has given rise to much discussion. To judge, ...

NEW YORK — Trillions of insects migrate across the globe each year, yet little is known about their journeys. So to look for clues, scientists in Germany took to the skies, placing tiny trackers on ...