The South Americans hummingbird chicks try to disguise themselves as caterpillar to throw off predators. The post How ...

A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama's dense rainforest, the bird ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...

Scientists discovered a hummingbird chick that twitches like a caterpillar. This behavior scares off predators.

For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten. When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin ...

Eric LoPresti, an assistant professor of ecology at the University of South Carolina, used the words “fuzzy” and “adorable” to describe the southern flannel moth, a common springtime insect in North ...

Tussock moths generally have one breeding generation per year. Tussock moth caterpillars are not poisonous or venomous (poisonous is if you bite one, and venomous is if they bite you). But the ...

British tourists headed for Spain with their children have been warned about a dangerous insect, which is also deadly for dogs.