Nocturnal animals include a variety of species that are primarily active at night, utilizing their unique adaptations to hunt and explore under the cover of darkness. From remarkable night vision to ...

New research reveals that migrating moths rely on both visual signals and Earth’s magnetic field to guide their nighttime ...

New research reveals how the invasive fall armyworm uses a combination of the Earth's magnetic field and visual cues to navigate during night-time migration.

MUNCIE, Ind. – Twilight is over. The last warm hues of sunset have given way to the inky blue and violet of nighttime. We may be abed, our eyes closed, and on our way to dreamland. But nature has a ...

(CNN) — Each year, a tiny species in Australia makes a grueling 620-mile (1,000-kilometer) nighttime migration, and it’s pulling off the feat in a way only humans and migratory birds have been known ...

Populations of large moths seemed to be declining in a recent survey of the New Hope Creek Corridor. At the upcoming Moth Night, David Bradley of the Durham County Open Space Program said he is ...

Humans have a complicated relationship with the night. We schedule most of our important tasks in the daylight hours, reserving the darkness for rest, relaxation, and, on clear nights, wonder. For ...

The Bohart Museum of Entomology will host its annual Moth Night on Saturday, July 12, from 7 to 11 p.m. at its facility in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis, and on ...