The moth can produce 4g of thrust, and they’ve shown it capable of staying aloft once launched with a small catapult. Since they’ve proven that it can at least fly, the next steps are to ...
The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these ... While we sleep, dozens of species of moths fly around, attracted to light and looking for mates.
This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...
Beatrice will soon go blind She tries to explore all the streets and intersections of Paris so that later she can move around without a stick One night she meets a battered guy on the street and ...
Flying snake is a misnomer, since, barring a strong updraft, these animals can’t actually gain altitude. They’re gliders, using the speed of free fall and contortions of their bodies to catch ...
"They've differentiated along this one axis, which is when they fly." Rosy maple moths, in the genus Dryocampa, look like what you'd get if Roald Dahl painted something from a fever dream.