Baby White-necked jacobins (Florisuga mellivora) in Panama seem to pretend to be a fuzzy and dangerous caterpillar. The findings are detailed in a study published March 17 in the journal Ecology.
It sounds like something out of a horror film, but that's actually what happens to a certain type of baby moth. The fungus ... But this rare hybrid, the caterpillar fungus, isn't just totally ...
A baby hummingbird hatches. But it has fluffy feathers on its back, looking just like a dangerous caterpillar. Could this be something unusual among hummingbirds? Rosannette Quesada Hidalgo Some ...
Caterpillar fungus has been used in traditional ... but that's actually what happens to a certain type of baby moth. The fungus eats its way through the helpless moth larvae and then sprouts ...