DEAR MADELYN: Your marvelous moth is most likely a hummingbird moth, which begins life as a tomato hornworm, which gardeners don’t find so marvelous. There are several types of hummingbird moths, and ...

There are incontrovertible absolutes in nature, and many take comfort in the predictability and order that can be found in the natural world. Ah, but Mother Nature must have a sense of humor for ...

It is not at all uncommon for me to see some fairly interesting things on my regular morning walk down to my Thinking Chair. I do my best to remember to scan my surroundings as I mosey along, but I ...

The next time you’re near a patch of flowers and you think you see a hummingbird zip by, take a closer look! It just might be a hummingbird moth, a lesser-known but important pollinator. Sphinx moths ...

While I am aware that what I think is delightful, especially in the insect world, many people do not. Take my Madagascan hissing cockroaches – not everyone appreciates their rich glossy chestnut ...

Jul. 20—Look close, that hummingbird you thought you just saw flitting around your flowers or plants may not be a hummingbird. In fact, it may not be a bird at all. You may be looking at one of the ...

Q: Since June, we've had three pair of hummingbird moths in our garden. One even landed on my hand. They loved our monarda, which is done blooming. Our summer phlox that they switched to is now ...

Stunning photos show a rarely-seen hummingbird hawk-moth captured in full flight, beating its wings at 80 times a second while feeding from a flower. Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters, 58, ...

Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

DEAR JOAN: Saturday I was buzzed by what I thought was a hummingbird, but I got a closer look when I saw it hovering near my jasmine vine and it looked like a large moth. Marvelous! Are they common in ...