BURBANK, Calif. -- Tim Plunkett, of Woodland Hills, takes turmeric to reduce inflammation, but a recent report on what else might be in the bottle turned his stomach. "The sample that they found, I ...

A new, simple scanning system can create precise 3D models of insects in color. The system uses off-the-shelf equipment, including a camera and a computer, to obtain detailed, true-color 3D images of ...

When a man in his mid-50s living in New Delhi, India first noticed some mild irritation in his right eye, he figured it would pass. But after it persisted for ten days, he thought back to an unlucky ...

A rare Hyposmocoma caterpillar, nicknamed the "bone collector," discovered in Oʻahu, Hawaii, uses dead insect parts to disguise itself on spider webs The newly identified species is carnivorous and ...

It’s Halloween every day for the bone collector caterpillar. The moth larva decorates its drag-along dwelling with scavenged body parts from dead insects. This ghastly getup may allow the creatures to ...

Brace yourselves, America: Many of your favorite foods may contain bits and pieces of creatures that you probably didn’t know were there. How about some mice dung in your coffee? Maggots in your pizza ...

Tiny insect parts could irritate digestive tract, might make kids refuse to eat. Sept. 23, 2010— -- Abbott Laboratories is voluntarily recalling up to 5 million containers of its popular powdered ...