Those insects you see flying in crazed circles are trying to keep their backs towards the light because they think that direction is up, new... 'Like moths to a flame'? Here's what's going on with ...

When researchers reviewed footage of flying insects, they saw that the bugs tilted their backs toward the source of artificial light. Imperial College London Flip on a porch light on a summer evening ...

New research used motion capture to reveal insects don’t fly directly toward lights but tilt their backs toward the source, trapping them in loops. This “dorsal light response” helps insects orient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bogong moth. (Dr. Ajay Narendra / Macquarie University) (Dr. Ajay Narendra) Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast ...

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 ...