Sonar pings from a hungry bat closing in can inspire hawkmoths to get their genitals trilling. The ultrasonic “eeeee” of scraping moth sex organs may serve as a last-second acoustic defense, says ...

This news release is available in German. (Jena) Their arrival used to be perceived as a bad omen: Because of their scull-like markings on their backs the Death's head hawkmoths (Acherontia atropos) ...

Hungry bats whipping through the blackness to gulp down insects may have driven moths into daylight—creating what we know as butterflies—suggest Canadian researchers. The idea springs from their ...