Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Entomological Society of America, an organization that oversees bug naming, has dropped the term "gypsy moth," considered an ...

U.S. bug experts are dropping the name gypsy moth because it is considered an ethnic slur. They are doing the same for gypsy ants. The announcement is the first time the Entomological Society of ...

Next, the Entomological Society’s Better Common Names project will put together working groups that include experts who study the species and people from the insect’s native regions to decide on a new ...

Now this bug is winged and woke. The gypsy moth’s name has been scrapped by the country’s leading insect identification group because its scientists say the moniker is an ethnic slur considered ...

If you've noticed an abundance of hungry black caterpillars devouring your trees or crawling around on your patio, you may be dealing with an invasion of spongy moths. These insects, formerly called ...

The Entomological Society of America, an organization that oversees bug naming, dropped the term, “gypsy moth,” considered an ethnic slur to the Romani people. This move is one of the first two for ...