Triangular leaf senecio, Senecio triangularis, is common on the eastern slope of Cimarron Ridge in the San Juan Mountains, from 9,000 to over 10,000 feet. This year they grew to 5 feet tall with ...

Q. I found this moth with a sword or cross on its wings on my porch. What is it? — Teresa, Marlboro A. It does resemble a crusader's cross or sword. It is a Clymene moth. It is out and about this time ...

Comet moths lead tragically short lives, but leave behind an incredible legacy until it's time for them to die off.

Have you ever felt that a person in a portrait is watching you, their eyes following you about a room? This optical illusion is known as the Mona Lisa effect, after Leonardo da Vinci’s famously ...

It’s not an owl staring at you, just a moth with fake eyes trying to look scary. Recently spotted at the Madidi National Park in Bolivia, it’s one of about 10,000 moth species thought to inhabit this ...

Quick Take Imperial moths are large silkworm-moths with a 3 to 7 inch wingspan and leaf-like camouflage. Adults do not feed ...

Designer Eleanor Lutz used high-speed nature footage, Photoshop, and Illustrator to map the wingbeats of five different species. The result is a visually arresting confluence of art and science that ...