Plant expert Ali McEnhill of The Old Dairy Nursery explains. 'Mullein is the foodplant of the mullein moth caterpillar, Cucullia verbasci which causes unsightly holes in the otherwise attractive ...

Scientists discovered a moth that appears 3D despite having flat wings. Tiny structures on its wings reflect light that ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Mullein is a flowering plant that has long been used in herbal medicine. Scientifically named Verbascum thapsus, it originally grew in Europe and Western Asia but has now spread to other places as ...

Scientists have described a nocturnal moth's unique evolutionary trick in replicating the appearance of 3D leaf, with potential applications for the development of advanced camouflage materials and ...

Unusual animals spotted in Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced earlier this week plans to stop the spread of an invasive species ...

Putricia has been placed behind a velvet rope in Sydney's botanic gardens An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how pseudouridine modifications across plant RNA species orchestrate translation dynamics, and provides a comprehensive atlas of these modifications in four major ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

Cheryl Lang took this photo of a Geranium Plum Moth resting on Pink-flowered Wood Sorel, also known as Oxalis.

Instead of "just sitting on the fence" after a teen was stabbed at the bus hub, Pacific Trust Otago planned a ground-breaking three-year initiative to stop anything like it happening again. Since ...