Moths in cities have learned to avoid man-made light

ENN
Apr 13, 2016, 12:35 pm5 pts
The globally increasing light pollution has negative effects on organisms and entire ecosystems. The consequences are especially hard on nocturnal insects, since their attraction to artificial light sources generally ends fatal. A new study by Swiss zoologists from the Universities of Basel and Zurich now shows…

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