A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx ...

Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

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 ...

I am aware that what I think is delightful, especially in the insect world, many people do not. However, hummingbird hawk moths are one insect most everyone gets truly excited to see. These moths are ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to a study by Konstanz ...

IT appears that in a previous note on this subject (NATURE, June 17, p. 457) clearness may have been sacrificed to brevity. It is not meant that humming-bird and bee hawk-moths can be regarded as ...

Our region is justly noted for its varied laurel and rhododendron species. For most of us, year in and year out, the commonest and largest of these tends to be rosebay rhododendron. You don't have to ...

Stunning photos show a rarely-seen hummingbird hawk-moth captured in full flight, beating its wings at 80 times a second while feeding from a flower. Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters, 58, ...

A MIGRATING moth, seen more typically on the south coast, has been spotted in Worcestershire. A Hummingbird hawk-moth, seen far more recently in southern, coastal areas, was photographed by Bob ...

While I am aware that what I think is delightful, especially in the insect world, many people do not. Take my Madagascan hissing cockroaches – not everyone appreciates their rich glossy chestnut ...

While I am aware that what I think is delightful, especially in the insect world, many people do not. Take my Madagascan hissing cockroaches – not everyone appreciates their rich glossy chestnut ...