Until this week, the genus Neopalpa consisted of a single species of moth, Neopalpa neonata, about which virtually nothing is known beyond its underwhelming appearance. The size of a thumbnail, with ...

Emma Oakman is a British writer based in Canada who studied film at university. Emma has a proclivity for goop, gore, and all things that go bump in the night. Moths have a history as bad omens in the ...

This is Mir Taqi Mir, invoking the candle and moth symbolism — something ubiquitous in classical Urdu poetry. Indeed, it is found copiously in the works of two other giants of this glowing legacy: ...

A Newly Discovered Moth in Greece Was Named After the Pope for a Powerful Reason ...