The sphinx moth has a name that sounds straight out of mythology, but it actually reflects three very real creatures. Its name draws from the sphinx, the hawk, and the hummingbird — each describing ...

A hawk that attacked between 40 and 50 people may have to be euthanised, a council warned. Flamstead Parish Council said a falconer had been brought into the Hertfordshire village to try and catch the ...

Just as when we humans reach for objects, the hummingbird hawk moth uses its visual sense to place its long proboscis precisely on a flower to search for nectar, according to biologists. This is why ...

Jim Hewitt said he had a tweed cap on and the "wound went straight through the cap and into my scalp" An elderly man had to be treated in hospital after a hawk drew blood when it swooped on him. Jim ...

The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction. A white-lined sphinx pollinating a pale evening primrose flower.Credit...Ron ...