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The carnivorous "bone collector" caterpillar is the only known species of its kind, researchers say, and its ancient lineage ...
The Hawaiian caterpillar collects and wears dead bug parts—and its gruesome habits might be key to its survival.
Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...
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 ...
A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...
Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.
The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...
Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...
The female Enoplognatha caricis (E. caricis) has been sighted in the UK for just the fifth time ever - find out where.
The birds were eliminated when the invasive brown tree snake was accidentally introduced to the island of Guam in the ’40s.
Did you know that there are over 3,000 different species of centipedes, and scientists believe that there could be 5,000+ ...
The brightly colored birds are extinct in the wild, having disappeared from their native Guam in 1988 due to the introduction ...