You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply ...

Michael Singer at Wesleyan University discovered that, when healthy, tiger moth larvae, also known as woolly bear caterpillars, focus their diet on nutrient-rich food, but switch to eating plants with ...

The life of a growing caterpillar isn't easy - diseases, parasites and infectious bacteria lurk at every turn. But one species of caterpillar is thought to be the first recorded self-medicating insect ...

A team of scientists in the United States claims to have engineered a genetically modified mouse with traits from the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The so-called "Colossal Woolly Mouse" was developed ...