Before atmospheric computer models, people turned to nature for long range weather forecasts, especially, the wooly bear caterpillar!

Tis the season for woolly bears or woolly worms, those fuzzy little caterpillars out and about are looking for places to ...

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 woolly worm has been the center of an old wives tale for predicting the weather for centuries. Here’s what the critters ...

The woolly bear caterpillar, also known as the fuzzy bear caterpillar or the woolly worm, has fuzzy bristles that are black ...

Much folklore, sometimes called old wives tales, surrounds the weather and predicting what will happen, not just year after ...

All hail the woolly worm, harbinger of winter. All hail the woolly worm, harbinger of winter. All hail the woolly worm, harbinger of winter. All hail the woolly worm ...

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

Wasps and flies inject their own eggs into a caterpillar's body for growing larvae to feed off its internal organs. But the woolly bear caterpillar (Grammia incorrupta) is one of the only recorded ...

Or you could turn to the humble woolly bear caterpillar. Nature's winter forecast: From hedge apples to acorns, what to look for in nature to predict winter weather Woolly bears (or woolly worms ...

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.