Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The moths ...

The concept of moths being attracted to light is so established that it’s found in poems, song lyrics, and folklore. These days, moths fly around lightbulbs, but in the past, it would be a naked flame ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...