A caterpillar hatches from an egg, makes a cocoon, and emerges a fully-grown, beautiful butterfly. But, during its time in ...

We all need a way to get along in this wild, wicked world, and a rare insect found only on a mountainside on O'ahu has found an incredible strategy. A species of caterpillar that scientists are ...

Scientists have discovered a rare and ancient lineage of caterpillar in Hawaii that wears the “bones” of insects as a form of camouflage. Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa detailed ...

Video taken in South Carolina captured a sight that came as a surprise to viewers: A fuzzy caterpillar, sitting at a ledge, scrunches its little body together like a spring, and suddenly launches ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Caterpillars that are camouflage experts and known to cause damage to a variety of plants are now hatching in Ohio. Joe Boggs, an assistant professor with Ohio State University ...

If you've been out in Houston enjoying the spring weather, you may have noticed some fluffy black insects crawling across roads, sidewalks, and yards recently. But what are they? On Wednesday, one ...

Alias: The western tent caterpillar is in the moth family. The larvae emerge in late spring, and has a distinct hairy beard running around the entire girth of the caterpillar. These tiny little ...

They’re there whether we count them or not. Creeping, crawling, skulking, squirming: insects. Several community science projects in Hampton Roads have worked recently to document exactly which ones ...