A type of fungus which grows on caterpillars can slow down growth of cancer cells, new research has found. Cordycepin, a chemical produced by a parasitic fungus that infects the animals, interacts ...

New research on a chemical produced by a fungus growing on caterpillars has found that it slows the cancer cell growth.

New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has ...

New research on the caterpillar fungus compound Cordycepin reveals its potential to stop cancer growth by disrupting gene ...

New research into a chemical from a caterpillar fungus, known for its potential as a cancer treatment, has shown how it ...

AN orange zombie fungus that sprouts from the backs of caterpillars could be used to fight cancer, new research suggests. Scientists have found the fungus, called Cordyceps, works by stopping cell ...

These recognizable caterpillars will freeze solid this winter and then will emerge in the spring as pretty moths. Fuzzy woolly bear caterpillars are the larvae of the Isabella tiger moth, which occurs ...

An expert at Iowa State University’s Insect Zoo says there may actually be some science behind the folklore about how the ...

Want to know how bad this winter might be? You could look at the latest forecast. Or you could turn to the woolly bear ...

The processionary caterpillar or the ‘Thaumetopoea Pityocampa’ as it’s known scientifically, has arrived months earlier than ...

Caterpillars have damaged black gram crops in Kendrapada, significantly affecting local farmers' livelihoods after Cyclone ...

Do woolly bear caterpillars forecast winter weather? Woolly bears (or woolly worms in the South) have a reputation for forecasting the coming winter weather, according to the Farmer's Almanac.