When you think of venomous animals, caterpillars probably aren’t the first thing that comes to mind. Snakes, of course. Scorpions and spiders, too. But caterpillars? Yes, indeed. The world turns out ...

Gloved hands working in garden with white flowers - Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images If you live in southern Texas, you might be used to seeing larger numbers of certain pests during the summer months.

Oak processionary caterpillars have more than 700,000 toxic hairs that can be carried by the wind, nestled in people's clothing, or hidden in pet fur.

Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are harmless, some species are just as dangerous as venomous snakes. Their defenses ...

Poisonous caterpillars: It's a common childhood experience; spotting a caterpillar and wondering what majestic moth or butterfly it will become. Yet, beneath their often bright or fuzzy exteriors, ...

DON'T TOUCH! If you’ve noticed fuzzy, leaf-like caterpillars around trees this season, you might have run into asp caterpillars — insects that look cute but can cause a lot of pain if touched.

A white-necked jacobin hummingbird chick surprises scientists, scaring away wasps by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar.

We can all blame The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the notion that every caterpillar is cute and friendly. This could not be further from the truth for the “dancing caterpillar,” also known as Lonomia ...

Which is deadlier to humans in Peru: the Bothrops pit viper or the venomous Trumpapillar? By Rick Vecchio ✐ Peruvian Times Contributing Editor* Applying Trumpian logic, pit vipers cause more than six ...

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten. When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin ...