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Australia's iconic Bogong moths migrate twice a year guided by stars and the Milky Way. Image courtesy of Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University.

Bogong moths use stars and the Milky Way to make epic migration

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Jul 2025
Mopane worms on mopane leaves.

Southern African caterpillar that feeds millions may be next climate casualty

Ryan Truscott 15 Jun 2023

Moths vs. mines in Ecuador’s astounding biodiversity hotspot

Mike DiGirolamo 8 Feb 2023

Air pollution makes it tough for pollinators to stop and smell the flowers

Liz Kimbrough 10 Feb 2022
shiny green beetle

Death by 1,000 cuts: Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jan 2021

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020

Mongabay investigative series helps confirm global insect decline

Jeremy Hance 24 Jun 2019

How to save insects and ourselves

Jeremy Hance 13 Jun 2019

The tropics in trouble and some hope

Jeremy Hance 10 Jun 2019

Vanishing act in Europe and North America

Jeremy Hance 6 Jun 2019

A global look at a deepening crisis

Jeremy Hance 3 Jun 2019

Moth rediscovered in Malaysia mimics appearance and behavior of bees to escape predators

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jan 2018

Rare moth vanishing from its last site in England

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Jun 2016

Researchers find many, many moths in Bolivian national park (Photos)

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Sep 2015

Pollinators puzzle to find flowers amidst natural and human fumes

Lisa Marie Potter 9 Dec 2014

Sloths, moths and algae: a surprising partnership sheds light on a mystery

Ariel Mark 22 Mar 2014

Stunning moth species discovered in the mountains of China

Brandon Allen 17 Jul 2013

Common moth can hear higher frequencies than any other animal on Earth

Jeremy Hance 9 May 2013

Unidentified poodle moth takes Internet by storm

Jeremy Hance 29 Aug 2012

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