The asp or puss caterpillar is the most common species of stinging caterpillar in the Houston area, according to the Texas ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread by cats, can shred human sperm and may be an overlooked factor in declining male ...

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

Texas A&M AgriLife experts warn of stinging caterpillars as weather warms, what you should know about their venom, and how to identify one.

Stellenbosch University (SU) student Rohan Barnard was out on a farm in the Swartberg Mountains between Calitzdorp and ...

A Swiss woman has taken her love for Red Bull to the next level by getting the drink’s barcode tattooed on her arm. What’s ...

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

Humans have only explored a tiny percentage of the seafloor, so there's a good chance some of the strangest creatures or ...

East Anglian-based entomologist, Dr Ian Bedford, said: "Inside that net blanket is thousands and thousands of little ...

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

Weather continues to be an important issue adversely affecting sport fishing opportunities. Despite the hurdles, fish ...

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