A five-spotted hawk moth squirming its way out of its hard cocoon casing has gone viral on Reddit. The video of the fully-formed moth escaping from its cocoon has amassed over 49,000 upvotes. Posted ...

PORTLAND, ORE. — A great flower shape for a moth trying to get a drink in the dark turns out to be awful from the plant’s point of view. Offering hawk moths (Manduca sexta) a range of 3-D printed ...

JENA, Germany, May 18 (UPI) --New research shows the hawk moth is attracted to the bouquet of the best-fitting flowers -- evidence of the power of the co-evolutionary process. Charles Darwin long ago ...

Hawk moths are the underdog pollinators that sustain countless populations of plants around the world. Abigail Eisenstadt The National Museum of Natural History’s Lepidoptera collection holds up to ...

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 ...

Hawk moths are known for being some of the largest night fliers in the insect world. With wingspans of more than four inches, many species are big enough to comfortably fill the palm of your hand.

Nature is filled with unusual creatures, but few are as instantly recognisable or as eerie as the death’s-head hawk moth. Famous for the distinctive skull-shaped marking on its thorax, this striking ...