June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

Atlas moths live only 1 week in their winged form. Rare specimens command close to $1,000, mainly due to their beauty. Lacking functional mouthparts, adult Atlas moths rely entirely on energy reserves ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image. Inhabiting tropical forests and remote regions of the world are moths with ...

On a summer day sometime last century, I put a female cecropia moth I had found earlier in the day inside the screened-in enclosure attached to the Quarry Hill garage. Arriving early the next morning, ...

"Powerful Pollinators" is a Zoo summer exhibit featuring large animatronic versions of bees, bugs and other heroes of the ...

Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer, fluttering by your porch light in the evening ...

MEXICO CITY — Two moths the size of a hand, their wings patterned with brown and pink around four translucent sections, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones they emerged ...

Dragonflies the size of hawks once stalked Earth’s skies. Scientists thought they knew why they’d gone away – but a decades ...

The only guarantee in life is death. It comes for us all, one way or another, but some creatures seem to get the cruelest end of the stick. Atlas moths have some of the most stunningly decorated wings ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer ...