Scientists long wondered what attracts insects to artificial light but lacked a good answer, until now. Researchers observed unusual flight patterns in insects flying toward artificial lights at night ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

A research study has discovered, for the first time, just what happens when an insect approaches artificial light. Flying insects turn their tops toward the light source to help maintain altitude, but ...