Jackie Woodcock receives an important weather update from the most reputable of weathermen: a wooly bear caterpillar.

Hordes of fuzzy orange and black caterpillars crowd trails and fields in the leaf littered autumn months. For decades, false claims that these caterpillars can predict winter weather have been spread, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — For as long as humans have been able to experience weather, we have been trying to predict it. While modern science helps us understand the complex interactions in our atmosphere, ...

Want to know how bad this winter is expected to be? You could look at the long-term NOAA forecasts for Ohio, or to the meteorologists at the National Weather Service, with their fancy technology, like ...

As the seasons change and the world gets colder, most caterpillars in the United States and Canada will have already transformed into adults. But not woolly bears: Also called fuzzy wuzzies and woolly ...

Nature is amazingly symbiotic. There are plants that work as natural pest control in your yard or garden and critters that help keep your weeds in check. Case in point: the woolly bear caterpillar.

In the caterpillar world, few are as well-known as the woolly bear (sometimes known as a wooly worm). While monarchs caterpillars surpass them in name recognition, they’d take an easy second place.

HOUSTON – Springtime in Houston brings not only allergies and rainy weather, but also an abundance of insects and bugs that make their way into our homes, patios, and sidewalks. One particular ...