Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, rare and bizarre species of carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars. After hatching, the tiny insects live almost their entire lives in the web of a ...

Animal venoms are viewed as one of the best sources for new molecules with potential applications in medicine, agriculture, and science. But curiously, despite extensive studies of the venoms produced ...

Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are harmless, some species are just as dangerous as venomous snakes. Their defenses ...

Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One of these families (Riodinidae) includes two species that interact solely ...

You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help ...

A new species of carnivorous caterpillar calls a counterintuitive place home: a spider’s lair. The species, dubbed the “bone collector” by the University of Hawaii scientists who discovered it, hides ...

Caterpillars of various types are common pests in vegetable gardens, flower beds, trees, shrubs and even lawns all through summer. I’ve been getting an unusually large number of questions about ...

Each spring in New Orleans, as flowers bloom and crawfish boil, a tiny menace lurks in the city's trees -- not pollen (though that's causing plenty of seasonal allergies), but stinging caterpillars.