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 ...

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 ...

It hovers like a hummingbird, but this is no bird. The hummingbird clearwing moth dines on flower nectar and pollinates flowers in a way similar to the birds. Hummingbird moths can hover almost ...

I'll bet you've got at least one patch of bright yellow, red and pink bloomers "for the butterflies." Me, too. Their joyful aerobatics animate our daytime landscapes like the magical paintings in ...

Many a person has marveled over tiny “hummingbirds” visiting their flowers, but hit a brick wall when trying to identify them. Leafing through a bird field guide won’t help. One needs a moth guide to ...

Just as humans rely on their eyes to make precise movements with their hands, hummingbird hawk-moths use continuous visual feedback to precisely position their proboscis in the center of flowers. When ...

Known for its striking two-inch scarlet-red to orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers and dark green foliage, coral honeysuckle is a beautiful vine that's a perfect addition to an arbor or a fence. It has ...