Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

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

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

Like hermit crabs, these caterpillars carry their cases with them as they move before emerging from them as full grown moths.

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

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

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