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 ...

Take a stroll through a garden or restored patch of native plants, and you might catch a creature zipping skillfully among the blooms much like a tiny-but-fierce hummingbird on the hunt for nectar.

Moths are classified along with butterflies in the order Lepidoptera, both with antennae, long narrow bodies, two sets of wings, six legs. They all have similar life cycles: egg, larva (caterpillar), ...