Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings ...

A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The odd insect is only ...

Aptly nicknamed the “bone collector,” the larva haunts a six-square-mile patch of Oahu’s Wai‘anae Mountains, lurking exclusively in spider webs and disguising itself in the corpses of its prey.

Scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way that they have ...

DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone. It is a lone wolf. SUMMERS: Bone collectors eat other bugs, and if that ...

On this week's episode: bone collector caterpillar, dolphins pee on each other, using cars to sample air, and obsidian ...

But entomologist Daniel Rubinoff of the University of Hawaii, Manoa, he would like you to meet the hungry caterpillar's carnivorous cousin. DANIEL RUBINOFF: This bone collector stands alone.

Why it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh.And once it finishes scavenging on dead or dying insects trapped in a spider's web, the ...