Okay, I’ve seen a lot of moths in my life but what the heck is THIS thing?!?! If I saw that flapping its fuzzy wings around my porch light on a warm August night, I’d think I was in a deep sleep ...

Montana indie rock greats Silkworm (Tim Midyett, Joel RL Phelps, Andrew Cohen and Jeff Panall) reunited for their first official shows in nearly 20 years back in September, and they’ve now announced a ...

Believed to belong to the Bombycidae family, like the silkworm moth, the poodle moth’s body is covered in a soft fuzz that may help with camouflage and temperature control. Ragamuffin Cat Credit: ...

Silkworm formed in Missoula, Montana, in 1987 and relocated to Seattle in 1990. Soon after, the indie-rock trio forged a bond with Chicago-based recording engineer Steve Albini, a fellow Montanan, who ...

Chewed up leaves can inspire feelings along the spectrum between outrage and joy. Spongy moth caterpillars defoliating the cherished oak tree? Despair. Striped monarch butterfly caterpillars on the ...

What initially appears to be a confusing video of a moth-hummingbird hybrid creature is actually a perfect excuse for us to explain an intriguing evolutionary phenomenon. The creature is the ...

A nonprofit organization in East Brunswick, New Jersey started National Moth Week in 2012. The Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission want people all over the world to participate in ...

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One of nature’s most baffling phenomena has been the extraordinary power of female moths to attract mates over long distances. In one experiment, a female emperor in a gauze cage collected 127 males ...

Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), a world leader in spider silk technology*, announces that senior ...