Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever gone for a walk at night and looked up at the lights along the street? If you paid attention, you probably saw lots ...

Dear Matt: How good are the elves at figuring out questions that BUG people? Good, I hope, because there are lots of bugs in my brain lately. And around the porch light at my house. They’re the usual ...

Think moths are nothing more than drab, little brown fliers stalking your wool sweaters? The folks behind National Moth Week, happening now, want to change that perception. Rutgers University moth ...

It’s a familiar sight, especially in the summertime: moths and other insects gathered around lights like lamps. Often, creatures entranced in such a glow get eaten by predators or overheat. While ...

Like a moth to a lamp, people are flocking to these memes. Moth memes are the surrealist escape everyone needs every now and then. Playing off the insects' relentless desire to get to the forbidden ...

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We’ve all heard the common expression “drawn like a moth to a flame,” and seen these nighttime fliers circling round artificial light sources. But what causes this behavior? Is it harmful to moths?

Are you noticing more moths than usual this summer? One too many flying around your porch light or flitting around your windows or TV at night? You’d be right: There are more moths lately. And don’t ...

The globally increasing light pollution has negative effects on organisms and entire ecosystems. The consequences are especially hard on nocturnal insects, since their attraction to artificial light ...

The rosy maple moth isn’t a typical brown sweater-eating bug. The wings of the species native to Ohio boast the colors of lemonade — both the pink and yellow varieties — and its face is squashed and ...

Light at night changes animals’ behavior. A new study shows that moths are attracted to street lamps within a radius of approximately 23 meters. The number of specimens attracted depends on the ...