An invasion of tiny caterpillars that are killing trees and causing dangerous allergic reactions is driving New York ...

A mild winter has unleashed zillions of hungry woolly bear caterpillars this spring. (And no, they can't predict the weather.

Recent findings suggest that Utetheisa ornatrix has evolved to use the toxins of the rattlebox plant for safety and ...

Don’t touch.’ Because, at least speaking from personal experience, we have always been told these little caterpillars could sting or were poisonous. Although wolly bears come in different ...

Don’t touch.’ Because, at least speaking from personal experience, we have always been told these little caterpillars could sting or were poisonous. However, it is important to clarify that ...

Tussock moths generally have one breeding generation per year. Tussock moth caterpillars are not poisonous or venomous (poisonous is if you bite one, and venomous is if they bite you). But the ...

"Because the large white feeds on cabbage plants that are poisonous to insects, a well-developed olfactory organ is extra important for this butterfly species. The caterpillars, too, must be able ...

as caterpillars mature in a highly hostile environment surrounded by predators and poisonous plant substances’, Haverkamp explains. ‘Because the Large White feeds on cabbage plants that are poisonous ...

Tussock moth caterpillars have returned to Florida. The fuzzy little critters are generally found on and around oak trees, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History. But as they hatch ...