With help from the community, an invasive caterpillar was captured on Kauaʻi.

An invasive species of caterpillars are causing people to break out in painful rashes in Maine and Massachusetts. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which has declared a public ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You know that lush green leafy corner of your yard that bears the mark of your hard work? Well, a fuzzy troublemaker could be plotting against ...

MAINE, USA — State health and forestry officials are reminding Mainers to take precautions against browntail moth hairs while working outdoors this fall. The Maine Center for Disease Control and ...

AUGUSTA–The Department of Health and Human Services' Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service ...

Maine officials are reminding residents to take precautions against browntail moth hairs that can cause rashes and breathing problems during fall yard work. Trump admin suffers blow in James Comey ...

Most people recognize the brown-and-black striped woolly bear caterpillars crawling around these days, but late summer and early fall bring out more than one species of furry crawlers. Among the ...

Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are harmless, some species are just as dangerous as venomous snakes. Their defenses ...

The greatest risk for exposure to the toxic caterpillar hairs which can be found on trees, shrubs, in the air as well as on the body of a Browntail Moth (BTM) caterpillar is between April and July.

BREWER — Browntail Moth caterpillars are out in Brewer. According to a recent update from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, the invasive species is developing faster in ...

AUGUSTA-- The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Maine Forest Service (MFS), remind Maine residents and ...

AUGUSTA --The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding Maine residents and visitors to take precautions to protect against the Browntail moth hairs. The Browntail moth caterpillars ...