In April 2019, an image supposedly showing a Japanese Giant Emperor Moth was passed around social media: Although this photograph has often been presented as if it documented a large species of moth, ...

Not every archaeological discovery is made by opening the tomb of a long dead king. Indeed, some important finds seem inconsequential at first. Such as ostrich feathers stained with ochre, a leather ...

Bow down to the majesty and glory of this emperor moth caterpillar’s regal appearance, with its crown of light blue spiked spheres. This caterpillar will eventually transform into a large moth with ...

The cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe) would be an ideal meal for bats. The palm-sized insect is large, nontoxic, and deaf, so it cannot hear an approaching predator. But the moth is not ...

"It's a battle out there every night, insects flying for their lives trying to avoid becoming a bat's next dinner," said Dr. Marc Holderied, the senior author on the paper and an associate professor ...

Some moths aren’t so easy for bats to detect. The cabbage tree emperor moth has wings with tiny scales that absorb sound waves sent out by bats searching for food. That absorption reduces the echoes ...

The atlas, or emperor moth, is native to south-east Asia and is rarely seen in the UK (Picture: SWNS) A gran was shocked to spot a huge beautiful moth in her back garden in the UK. Sharron Long, 58, ...

A study suggests that some moth species use sound absorbing-scales to avoid detection by bats. Some species of moths escape echolocation by bats using acute hearing that triggers evasive flights or by ...

New research led by academics at the University of Bristol has discovered that the scales on moth wings vibrate and can absorb the sound frequencies used by bats for echolocation (biological sonar).

Not every archaeological discovery is made by opening the tomb of a long dead king. Indeed, some important finds seem inconsequential at first. Such as ostrich feathers stained with ochre, a leather ...