Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

The caterpillars are identifiable by their hairy bodies and blue and red spots. Managing gypsy moth populations involves ...

Rocky Arbor, established in 1932, is a secluded park known for its 500-million-year-old rock formations. The gypsy moth is an invasive species native to Europe, Asia and North Africa as silk-breeding ...

Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

These caterpillars might look cute and cuddly, but they all have a built-in defense. Some are even capable of killing a human ...

Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree in his front yard from an aggressive outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth ...

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.

Plastics play a fundamental role in modern life, but their resistance to biodegradation makes them very difficult to dispose ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

Perched on the front yard trampoline under a big maple tree in 2020, Cloquet teenager Aili Buytaert wasn't sure what to think ...