A newly identified fossil discovered in the ancient shale of South Africa, has stunned paleontologists with its rare ...

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...

Apr. 21, 2025 — An international collaboration has published groundbreaking research, shedding light on the most significant increase in complexity in the history of life's evolution on Earth ...

Deep within Oahu's forests lurks the "Bone Collector," a carnivorous caterpillar with a gruesome camouflage strategy. This ...

Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

A study from the University of Leicester describes a newly identified fossil species that is 444 million years old, with its ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

The findings appear in the journal Science of The Total Environment. Using a unique dataset—the planting of more than 36,000 trees between 1990 and 2020 in Portland, Oregon by the nonprofit ...