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A recent study has explored how changes in moth abundance affect insect-eating birds in Finland. The findings, published in Ecology Letters, reveal that the impact of moths as a food source varies ...

In an oddly poetic act, moths will on occasion drink the tears from the eyes of a sleeping bird. Sounds harmless, but this rare interaction is an unmistakably one-sided affair. Scientists actually ...

The name clearwing comes from the fact that there are sections of the moth’s wing that are transparent, like a dragonfly. The hummingbird part comes from the moth’s flight among flowers. / PHOTO BY ...

But in the forests of East, Southeast and South Asia, there lives a moth called Macrocilix maia, who’s known for having a bit more of an … off-putting appearance. At first glance, Macrocilix maias’ ...

On a research expedition in a forest along the Solimões River in central Amazonia, a researcher came across a scene that is part fairy-tale, part horror movie and quite simply peculiar. In the dead of ...

A researcher captured rare video of a moth in the Amazon drinking tears from a sleeping bird’s eye, which the insect likely does to get nutrients like sodium and protein, according to a new report in ...

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A Marin County park ranger was visiting her in-laws two weeks ago when she spotted a baby hummingbird hovering over a thistle in their backyard — or so she thought. When she stepped closer, she ...