This suggests bone collector moths migrated from an even older Hawaiian island that has since disappeared to get to their current forest. Carnivorous caterpillars are extremely unusual.

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the caterpillar belongs to the genus Hyposmocoma, commonly known as “fancy case” caterpillars because they make variously ornamented protective cases to ...

Researchers recently found a tiny critter with a disturbing sense of fashion on one of Hawaii's beautiful islands.

But the bone collector’s future is far from secure. Hawaii’s ecosystems are under siege from invasive ants and parasitic wasps. Rubinoff warns that the bone collector “could be one new ant ...

On this week's episode: bone collector caterpillar, dolphins pee on each other, using cars to sample air, and obsidian artifacts tell a trade tale.

And it doesn’t mind getting a little creepy. Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this native Hawaiian insect is part of the Hyposmocoma genus and is unlike any other caterpillar on Earth.

But entomologist Daniel Rubinoff of the University of Hawaii, Manoa, he would like you to meet the hungry caterpillar's carnivorous cousin. DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone.

The invsaive Asian needle ant is spreading across the U.S., putting more people at risk of anaphylaxis, since the insect delivers a stinging, venomous bite.

The Bronx Zoo in New York is using a specially designed hand puppet to feed its new king vulture chick, which is intended to ...

In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a ...

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