In 1989, though, another non-native organism became a game changer in the fight against the spongy moth. A killer fungus The fungus Entomophaga maimaiga is from Japan, and it’s unclear how it ...

It sounds like something out of a horror film, but that's actually what happens to a certain type of baby moth. The fungus eats its way through the helpless moth larvae and then sprouts out of ...

The clothes moths belong to a family of the Lepidoptera known as the Tineidae - the fungus moths, which mainly feed on detritus, fungi and lichens. The larvae of clothes moths are adapted to feed on ...

This fungus has kept moth numbers in check for decades, but now its decline is tipping the balance in favor of widespread forest destruction. Researchers confirm that recent moth outbreaks are ...

It sounds like something out of a horror film, but that's actually what happens to a certain type of baby moth. The fungus eats its way through the helpless moth larvae and then sprouts out of ...