Invasive plants (i.e. weeds) have been on the upswing lately as a threat to take over desirable plants, out-compete farm crops, and disturb the fragile health of ecosystems.

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

The company also has a series of hybrid peptides based on the cationic peptides cecropin (from the giant silk moth) and melittin (from bee venom). Products are anticipated either as stand-alone ...

Cecropia moth cocoons, sweet gum balls (Tami Gingrich photo) Yet, my favorite cast-offs to collect are the empty cocoons from the giant silk moths I’ve reared, and these are the signature items ...

The polyphemus moth can be recognized from other Saturniidae by shading ... The casing is appended to the host plant, and in southern locales, it might tumble to the ground. The limited silk case, ...

Endemic to Africa and Asia, the spongy moth was first introduced to the U.S. in 1869 by scientist Leopold Trouvelot, who wanted to use them for silk production. His plan backfired after some of the ...

Like the great white shark, the small but amazing silk moth can detect odors in parts per billion. Silk moths use their feather-like antennae to sense odors in the air. If even just a few ...

Bagworm moth caterpillars are no different. But while most caterpillars build their cocoons out of silk, bagworm moths build them out of sticks and twigs that they collect. They do use silk to ...

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Ulbricht, who was accused of creating the shadowy ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website that the FBI once called "the most sophisticated and extensive criminal ...

The best-known product from moths and butterflies is silk, produced by the Bombyx moth caterpillar, also referred to as a silkworm. Each caterpillar can spin up to a mile of silk fiber, which has long ...

President Trump said Tuesday he had signed a full pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the scandalous online marketplace Silk Road, fulfilling a campaign promise Trump had made to Libertarian ...