In Hawaii, a rare carnivorous caterpillar was discovered to engage in a truly gruesome behavior. It disguises itself in the [ ...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.

The bone collector caterpillar lives in spiderwebs along the Waiʻanae Mountains and evades capture by encasing itself in the ...

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...

Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings ...

The caterpillar species with a macabre fashion sense was discovered by researchers in Hawaii. Its casing is a disguise to ...

HONOLULU - A newly identified species of caterpillar in Hawaii is garnering attention for its unusual behavior, which ...

The discovery of the bone collector species was serendipitous. "You never forget your first bone collector," Rubinoff told ...

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.