If you’re a female moth, finding the best plant to host your young may be as simple as taking a close listen. When low on water, some plants make high-pitched clicking noises, inaudible to humans.

A single "sexy" gene could help us combat one of the world's most destructive fruit pests. By deleting the gene that lets female moths produce their mating scent, colleagues and I created an "unsexy" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Egyptian cotton leafworm moth prefers to lay eggs on quiet plants over ones emitting ultrasonic distress sounds, new research ...

Samples of female spongy moths and larvae — part of a hundred year old collection at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The female moths have wings but are flightless.

Marie Inger Dam is a co-inventor on several patent applications relating to pheromone production. A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting ...