With spring underway, salt marsh caterpillars have been seen around Houston, prompting residents to inquire about the fuzzy-looking insect also known as the woolly bear caterpillars. "You're going to ...

Insect pupae hiss like snakes for defense. A Kobe University team now reveals the mechanisms, opening the door to further studies involving predator reactions to defensive sounds. Just as you would ...

Kobe University ecologist SUGIURA Shinji discovered that the pupae of the buff-leaf hawkmoth produce sounds by forcing air through holes in their abdomens, the first evidence of such a mechanism.