Have you ever heard of a moth that seems to wear a human skull on its back? The Death's‑head Hawk‑moth is exactly that creature. With a distinctive pale marking on its thorax that resembles a skull, ...

TWICE A YEAR the skies of south-eastern Australia fill with billions of Bogong moths. In the spring these unassuming brown critters, about an inch long, fly south from their birthplace in Queensland ...