Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra ...

From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

As a caterpillar, the invasive spongy moth consumes as much leaf tissue as it can, as fast as it can, threatening the lives of whole forests across the upper Midwest. But Illinois continues to stand ...

ERIE, Pa. — A highly destructive, invasive insect new to North America was recently discovered in Pennsylvania. The box tree moth was located in two Erie County cemeteries, according to the ...

Patterns on the wing of a Heliconius melpomene, or postman butterfly, composed of tiles of overlapping colored scales. Image credit: Nicola Nadeau, University of Sheffield In the early 1800s, peppered ...

For a century, scientists have watched European gypsy moth caterpillars infected with a virus use their last strength to do something that a healthy gypsy moth caterpillar would never do in daylight ...

The box tree moth is an invasive species that's been destroying a common landscaping plant. The invasive box tree moth has been spotted in more parts of Ohio, prompting the state to widen a quarantine ...