Evolution Turned Hawkmoth Genitals Into Anti-Bat Sound Weapons Again and Again Over the Past 30 Million Years
Nature World News | 07.11.2026 05:52
Some of the most sophisticated sound-jamming hardware in nature belongs to hawkmoths, and evolution apparently invented it more than once. A study published Nov. 4 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that male hawkmoths evolved the ability to make ultrasonic sound with their genitals independently as many as seven times over roughly the past 30 million years.
