The first tiger moth to evolve had ancestral defenses--this species is the base of the tiger moth evolutionary tree." Five species of Gnophaela are members of the tiger moths, day flying moths that ...

Tiger moths can thwart attacks from bats by effectively jamming the bats' sonar, doing so by emitting sudden bursts of ultrasound, scientists now find. Past research had revealed that many ...

Insect-eating bats use echolocation to catch moths, while these night-flying prey have evolved early sonar detection and aerobatic maneuvers to evade bats. They’ve been dueling it out for over 65 ...

Triangular leaf senecio, Senecio triangularis, is common on the eastern slope of Cimarron Ridge in the San Juan Mountains, from 9,000 to over 10,000 feet. This year they grew to 5 feet tall with ...