(Wizzie Brown/ Texas A&M AgriLife) Other stinging species found in Texas include buck moth caterpillars, io moth caterpillars, hag moths and saddleback caterpillars. Brown said the species are not ...

The Forestry Commission is urging everyone to be on the lookout for oak processionary moth caterpillars as hatching season begins. We are currently entering the “greatest risk period” as of ...

The forest pest - which causes an itchy rash that can last for weeks - may be entering the bust phase of its boom and bust cycle. The browntail moth population collapse that began in 2024 is ...

Moth caterpillars make up most of the diet of young birds, so without moths, there would be fewer chickadees, robins, and bluebirds in yards and parks. Bird populations are on the decline already ...

The earliest cities may have had plenty of parasitic, six-legged tenants. Common bedbugs (Cimex lectularius) experienced a dramatic jump in population size around the time humans congregated in ...

An ancient, distant human cousin from southern Africa called Paranthropus robustus has for the first time revealed molecular clues to its evolutionary status. Sequences of a protein derived from a ...

During the warmer months, there's nothing quite like making a delicious salad for lunch. This season is when numerous vegetables are at their peak, enhancing the overall flavour of the dish. It ...

In the mountains of Northern New Mexico, more than wildflowers are beginning to bloom: Douglas fir tussock moths are now in their larval (caterpillar) stage, and the Carson National Forest advises the ...