A colder winter has likely put the caterpillars, which are linked to Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, behind their usual ...

The Eastern tent caterpillar (ETC) gained notoriety during the early 2000s when its accidental ingestion by pregnant mares was linked to Mare ...

On June 8, 2011, the journal Nature published a commentary by 19 ecologists who urged conservationists to “assess organisms ...

A 67-year-old Eastern Cape pensioner has been jailed to an effective 15 years of direct imprisonment. Mthozami Thukwayo was sentenced by the Molteno Regional Court on Wednesday. He was convicted ...

The tent sits high above a truck, producing significant drag and raising the vehicle's center of gravity, and access requires climbing a ladder of what can be a sizeable height. A new patent from ...

Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One of these families (Riodinidae) includes two species that interact ...

Recent exercises highlighted new tactics and technologies. Nearly three years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. troops in Eastern Europe are using the lessons ...

In “Bringing Nature Home,” Tallamy recounts the plight of native eastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum) that ran out of cherry leaves on a tree too small to feed them adequately.

More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of ...

The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 rebel attacks continue to drive tens of thousands from their homes and claim hundreds of lives, UN ...

People in France are being urged to report sightings of pine and oak processionary caterpillars via a dedicated government website, in a bid to reduce their number and danger. Processionary ...