In the damp hollows of a Hawaiian mountainside, something stirs in the shadows of cobwebs. It is not a spider. Nor the long-legged centipedes or impaling air-snatchers that usually star in the islands ...

The animal kingdom can be creepier than a Stephen King novel sometimes, and a newly discovered creature proves this is true. Researchers called this new insect a “bone collector” — are you scared yet?

Carnivorous caterpillars discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu have a freaky fashion sense. Cases of “the bone collector,” an extremely rare carnivorous caterpillar that decorates itself in the ...

Caterpillars are known for their fuzzy exterior and sometimes weird behavior. Some vibrate aggressively to scare predators; others create their own antifreeze to survive the cold. But a newly ...