Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Nocturnal insects may use both Earth's magnetic field and visual cues to guide their migratory flight behaviors, according to recent findings. The research, published in eLife, presents compelling ...

On any given day, if you look in Carl Barrentine's fridge, you're liable to find tupperware containers filled not with leftovers, but with brown, living, winged things: moths. During an evening visit ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. - Washington state scientists are asking the public to be on the lookout and to report sightings after the world's largest known moth was recently found in Bellevue. The Washington ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

The world’s largest moth was found in Washington, but WA state is also home to more moths that could eat your clothes, plants and find their way into your home. Washington Department of Agriculture ...

A large moth with a 10-inch wingspan has been spotted in Washington – and entomologists aren’t sure how it got there. The atlas moth is one of the largest moths in the world and it’s also illegal to ...

It is spring on the Front Range of Colorado, which means before long the region will receive an influx of many, many moths. Colorado is home to thousands of species of moths, many of which are ...

An invasive spongy moth, already detected in Mower County, threatens over 300 tree and shrub species as Minnesota officials ...