Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

In other words, you wear an exoskeleton outside of your body to give it extra support. Out in nature, crabs, for instance, and insects possess a hard outer shell to stabilize and protect them-that ...

After 30 years of "spreading bug love," Iowa State University's Insect Zoo is coming to an end. The university's College of ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

The Insect Zoo has about 175 species of arthropods, or anything with an exoskeleton - this includes insects, tarantulas, scorpions, millipedes and crabs, anything with an exoskeleton. Many are ...