Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

The white-marked tussock moth caterpillar, common in eastern North America, has spiky hairs that can cause skin irritation ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

This new caterpillar species from Oʻahu hunts insects and decorates itself with their body parts. Yes, it’s real—and it’s ...

But word of caution, you might want to keep your hands to yourself. These hairy caterpillars, also called urticating ...

FLORA LICHTMAN: –the insect world. DAN RUBINOFF: Yeah. Except the blanket is silk, but yeah. FLORA LICHTMAN: Yeah, so describe what it looks like, this caterpillar. DAN RUBINOFF: Well, one of the ...

It may seem like a scene from "North by Northwest," but the crop dusters flying low over Ohio trees are treating for an ...

Residents at a communal home staged a colourful mass release of butterflies which they bred from caterpillar and chrysalis, ...

Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree in his front yard from an aggressive outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth ...

This caterpillar means business, and even Rubinoff admits it’s a little icky. “It’s gross at one level, but it’s also kind of adorable,” he told National Geographic . “They’re ...