Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bogong moth. (Dr. Ajay Narendra / Macquarie University) (Dr. Ajay Narendra) Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

Over time researchers have found fewer of the insects turning up in light traps, suggesting they may be less attracted to some kinds of light than they once were. By Veronique Greenwood It used to be ...

The concept of moths being attracted to light is so established that it’s found in poems, song lyrics, and folklore. These days, moths fly around lightbulbs, but in the past, it would be a naked flame ...

New research used motion capture to reveal insects don’t fly directly toward lights but tilt their backs toward the source, trapping them in loops. This “dorsal light response” helps insects orient ...