Native plants not only help support pollinators but also filter out pollutants, help build healthy soils, and mitigate flooding.

Dr. Navneet Singh, a leading Lepidoptera taxonomist at the Zoological Survey of India, has received the prestigious Professor T.N. Ananthakrishnan Award for his significant contributions to insect ...

Being close to a natural habitat such as a forest doesn't necessarily make farmland more attractive to pollinators, a new study shows. It is commonly thought that when farmland is close to a natural ...

Amyrose Foll explains that many plants in the vegetable garden including squash, gourds and nightshades benefit from nighttime pollination by moths and other insects. Featured on VHG episode 2507, ...

A sight to see late in the summer is a hummingbird moth. Sometimes, they’re also called hawk moths or sphinx moths. Whatever you call them, they are fun to observe. The various names all come from the ...

As I savored the quiet tranquility of my garden at twilight, I was startled by a sudden buzz. At first, I thought it was a hummingbird. To my delight, it returned, hovering over the bright red ...

A Mississippi woman has been getting daily visits from a rare, nearly all-white hummingbird. White hummingbirds can be albino, leucistic, or pied, with leucistic being the most likely type for this ...

Moths are an important part of the food web and serve as pollinators. Creating moth-friendly habitats involves planting pale-colored, native plants and providing shelter. Resources like the Xerces ...

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 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 ...

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 ...