The butterfly sanctuary in Mexico City’s Natural History Museum is now the host of thousands of Orizaba silkmoths. Those moths have been steadily decreasing in number in the city due to urbanization.

Two hand-sized "four mirrors" moths mate for hours beside cocoons they emerged from—proof that saving 2,600 abandoned cocoons was worth it for biologist María Eugenia Díaz Batres, who’s ...

Two moths the size of a hand, patterned in brown and pink around four translucent sections like window panes, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones they emerged from ...

The mating pair of “four mirrors” moths as they’re popularly known in Mexico, or scientifically as Rothschildia orizaba, are evidence that the museum’s efforts to save some 2,600 cocoons ...

The mating pair of “four mirrors” moths as they’re popularly known in Mexico, or scientifically as Rothschildia orizaba, are evidence that the museum’s efforts to save some 2,600 cocoons ...

The mating pair of “four mirrors” moths as they’re popularly known in Mexico, or scientifically as Rothschildia orizaba, are evidence that the museum’s efforts to save some 2,600 cocoons rescued from ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two moths the size of a hand, their wings patterned with brown and pink around four translucent sections, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones ...