Soft and defenseless, these baby caterpillars are pulling off the ultimate high-stakes heist. They don’t just sneak into an ant colony, they convince the entire nest to treat them like queens. The ...

When facing an intruder, animals generally tend to fight, flee or simply freeze. But certain baby caterpillars do something else entirely: they vibrate. Newly hatched warty birch caterpillars, each ...

Certain crafty caterpillars have an unusual approach to ensuring they live long enough to become a butterfly: each convinces an ant to carry it into the ant’s nest, providing food and shelter. Now ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monarch caterpillar season has returned to Northeast Ohio, and this year our family has adopted 13 baby caterpillars, or “cats.” As they approach chrysalis stage, these very hungry ...