In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures ...

Take for example, the prothonotary (pro-thon-uh-ter-ee) warbler. It’s a bright golden bird about 5 inches long and weighing ...

Have you ever seen a swallowtail butterfly? Swallowtail butterflies get their name from their long tail. It extends from ...

The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it ...

Fortunately for us, the bone collector caterpillar is only about a quarter of an inch (5 millimeters) long. " I have no doubt ...

Entomologist Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park movement strives to put native plants that caterpillars eat back into suburban yards. All of us are horrified to hear that North America has lost 3 ...

Caterpillars can only eat the leaves of certain native plants. Amanda McNulty offers ways to help build back North America's rapidly declining nesting bird population.

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...

Many moths and butterflies lay their eggs on these trees. The caterpillars eat their fill of leaves and then drop to the ground, where many species must survive for a time in a cocoon or chrysalis.

Did you blame it on moths? You could. While adult moths are not the culprits behind sweater eating, the caterpillars of some moth species nibble through clothes made of wool, silk, fur, and felt.

Dessert sushi has become the latest trend to take over social media as savvy home cooks have whipped up sweet versions of the Japanese dish using brownies, Oreos, fruit and chocolate. The trend ...