Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

Just as humans rely on their eyes to make precise movements with their hands, hummingbird hawk-moths use continuous visual feedback to precisely position their proboscis in the center of flowers. When ...

The Latin name of the hummingbird hawk moth is Macroglossum stellatarum. The moth is usually a resident of the Mediterranean. The insect flies around during the day and has a wingspan of two inches.

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 ...

It's understandable that some people would mistake this creature for a hummingbird, at least at first glance. But it's not a bird at all; it's a bug — the clearwing sphinx moth, hawk moth or ...

Our region is justly noted for its varied laurel and rhododendron species. For most of us, year in and year out, the commonest and largest of these tends to be rosebay rhododendron. You don't have to ...

Myself and husband Dave spotted this in our garden in Cabra in August. Apparently it is a hummingbird hawk moth, and it may be a little bit rare. It’s not a great photo as it hardly stopped moving at ...

Stunning photos show a rarely-seen hummingbird hawk-moth captured in full flight, beating its wings at 80 times a second while feeding from a flower. Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters, 58, ...

Our region is justly noted for its varied laurel and rhododendron species. For most of us, year in and year out, the commonest and largest of these tends to be rosebay rhododendron. You don't have to ...

The next time youre near a patch of flowers and you think you see a hummingbird zip by, take a closer look! It just might be a hummingbird moth, a lesser-known but important pollinator. Sphinx moths ...