Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it could inspire next generation microphones.

"Now every morning I look for more." Gardener double-takes after noticing detail on what they thought was a pepper: 'Stuff of my nightmares' first appeared on The Cool Down.

This tiny wasp is natural pest control for the hornworm caterpillar, bane of summer gardeners. Tomato growers know the tobacco hornworm can destroy a plant overnight. But a tiny natural ally helps ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

The leaves of my tomato plant are being eaten by something. Some of the stems are completely bare of leaves. Is there anything I can do to protect my plants? I suspect you have a tomato hornworm or ...

In a battle to survive, most animals feel pain and react to stay alive. However, when it comes to the humble tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta), researchers have discovered another strategy. Instead of ...

While squirrels, deer and woodchucks are generally the most destructive consumers of garden tomatoes on Staten Island nowadays, the caterpillars known as hornworms pose a more subtle threat. The ...

I recently started having some trouble with my tomatoes. Something was eating them, chowing down on the ripening tomatoes that dangled from the top of the plant, stripping the leaves from the branches ...

Several types of caterpillars damage tomato plants in Missouri, but the tomato hornworm and the tobacco hornworm usually get the most attention because of the prominent horn on the last segment of ...

The poster found two more of the big galoot's friends using that method. Gardener double takes after picking up what they thought was one of their peppers: 'Stuff of my nightmares' first appeared on ...

Several different types of caterpillars will feed on tomatoes. The most well-known, and probably most dreaded, are the tomato (Manduca quinquemaculata) and tobacco (Manduca sexta) hornworms. These ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Animals that choose to eat in the presence of a predator run the risk of being eaten themselves, so they often go into a defensive mode and pay a physical penalty for the lack ...