This adult luna moth has a very penetrating gaze. These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development. Get a closer view of the image ...

Legend tells us that the Chinese empress Leizu founded the cultivation of silk from caterpillars over 5,000 years ago, after a silkworm moth cocoon plummeted into her steaming teacup, unraveling ...

While working on a separate project involving extra-strong adhesives, the Tufts University Silklab team discovered that the silk from silk moth cocoons can be turned into a shootable, sticky protein ...

These hindwings are often brighter and more colourful than the forewings. Examples include the Anna tiger moth, with creamy yellow hindwings under forewings patterned like broken glass, ...

Man's sticky web fluid. While researching adhesives, Tufts University discovered that silk from moth cocoons can be turned ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A species of moth has been discovered inside a home in Wales, thousands of miles from its native habitat. It is believed two clearwing moths ...

A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in a photographer's boot bag. Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae ...

Two moths discovered in a home in south Wales had travelled thousands of miles from their natural jungle habitat and were previously unknown to science, the Natural History Museum has found.

Sixty years ago, in the remote Lop Nur desert in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China successfully detonated its first atomic bomb, code-named “Miss Qiu”. The test, on October 16, 1964 ...

The best silk sheets enhance your sleep experience with a high-end feel designed for ultimate relaxation and pampering. Silk sheets can be quite pricey, but they’re praised for their ...

Grasshopper Film has revealed an official trailer for a compelling documentary film titled Nocturnes, an entrancing look at people who study moths in the mountains on the other side of the world.

They say a Tiger doesn’t change its stripes, but Woods may have to. According to a court filing, Tiger Woods’ apparel brand, Sun Day Red, has “unlawfully hijacked” the logo belonging to ...