Pollution drives natural selection Throughout the industrial revolution, people noticed that white moths became much rarer while black moths became much more common. Bernard Kettlewell, a research ...

Ascalapha odorata, sometimes known as The Black Witch is a migratory moth found commonly in the tropics of the Americas. This moth is the largest insect in the continental United States with a ...

Scientists unravel details of the famous mutation that turned moths black during the industrial revolution.

Ailanthus webworm moths are beneficial insects that pollinate many species of flowers. Its larval stage devours leaves of the invasive tree-of-heaven.

The Peppered moth, which changed its colour from white to black in areas of Britain with heavy pollution, is now reverting to its original appearance.

In addition to his work under that moniker and and his black metal-ambient Pyramids, Loren has another new project, White Moth. He describes it as being "more along the lines ...