Flying insects are known to make a beeline for lights in the dark, as the saying goes, "like moths to a flame." Now, scientists have figured out why insects are so keen on light, but it's not ...

Superimposed on the fossil is a drawing of the largest Cenozoic insect (it's about 12 million years old), Epiaeschna lucida, which comes in at 2.6 inches (6.7 cm) long, similar to modern insects ...

Many scientists have long assumed that moths and other flying insects were simply drawn to bright lights. But a new study suggests that's not exactly what's going on.

Why Are Flying Insects ‘Attracted’ to Lights? Scientists May Finally Have an Answer Moths and other insects might turn their backs toward the brightest source of light around—which has ...

Drawing on a comprehensive database of insect species that was compiled over the last three decades by other researchers, they have demonstrated that Darwin was right — at least in identifying ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that’s not exactly what’s going on ...