Nina Del Bosque, second grader at Poe Elementary in Houston, Texas, sent Ira and Science Friday a letter about a particular stinging caterpillar. Credit: Nina Del Bosque Caterpillars might be the ...

Gloved hands working in garden with white flowers - Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images If you live in southern Texas, you might be used to seeing larger numbers of certain pests during the summer months.

At first glance, the asp caterpillar looks cuddly enough to pet. And amazingly, it also happens to resemble Donald Trump's hair. And this caterpillar is also super poisonous. The pain from its ...

At first sight, an asp might have you reaching for a can of Raid. However, the venomous caterpillars are being welcomed in Houston by local researchers. An asp packs a massive sting, and they are ...

Although it may be tempting to touch, pick up, pet or poke a furry-looking caterpillar, experts at the Austin Zoo in Texas say you'll regret it if you do. An asp caterpillar, also known as the ...

At first look, these fuzzy-looking creatures almost look friendly — but Houstonians should keep their distance. Here's everything to know about the stinging asp caterpillars being spotted around ...

HOUSTON -- Jordan Meredith was just standing in the parking lot at work, when suddenly she was overcome with pain. "I felt this staggering, intense pain on my ankle," said Jordan Meredith. Her skin ...

From penicillin to rapamycin, the route to discovering remarkable medicines has often been a fortuitous one. Now, researchers are hoping that another surprise find, once again linked to bacteria, can ...

A Texas hospital's attempts to deter birds have accidentally created a haven for North American's most venomous caterpillar species, whose painful sting has been compared to breaking a bone. Nets were ...

At first sight, an asp might have you reaching for a can of Raid. However, the venomous caterpillars are being welcomed in Houston by local researchers. An asp packs a massive sting, and they are ...