A house in Australia harbored more than 400 moths and butterflies, and hundreds of other species, including ones never documented before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

“I am studying venomous caterpillars because they are the most exciting area I’ve ever come across,” says Andrew Walker of the University of Queensland in Australia, who authored a recent ...

Languages: English, Spanish Deep in the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia lives a rare caterpillar with a remarkable skull-like marking on its body that it brandishes to scare off ...

[The caterpillar’s gland] appears to have evolved ... found 60 meters underground in a mining area in Western Australia; a new mountain frog; and four new marine fish. Among the insects was ...

Scientists have discovered proteins in the caterpillars' venom that fold up ... of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience in Australia, told Live Science. "The pain is long-lasting ...

Definitely," says Andrew Walker, an evolutionary biologist and biochemist at the University of Queensland, Australia. "But there's a lot of foundational work to do first." Caterpillars are the ...

[The caterpillar’s gland] appears to have evolved just to feed and appease the ants,” said Yeates. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Sign ...

Scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia decided to find out. The team revealed that the venom of asp caterpillars, also known as puss caterpillars, contains a special protein that ...