Or you could turn to the humble woolly bear caterpillar. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each ...

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 ...

Every winter, you may hear certain winter terms and sayings, but we are here to clear the air, and break down some of the ...

In folklore, the woolly bear caterpillar, or woolly worm, is known as a predictor of harsh or mild winters. The folklore, dating back to before the Revolutionary War, says when a woolly worm has more ...

From snow to sleet to freezing rain, winter can be a big headache here in the densest state in the country. Between late ...

There are reports of wooly bear caterpillars surviving temperatures as low as 90-degrees below zero, even spending an entire winter frozen in an ice cube to emerge just fine in the spring.

On his recent outdoor walks, Frank Snyder has been noticing many, many acorns on the ground. “They always say that a very ...

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

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.

Want to know how bad this winter is expected to be? You could look at the long-term NOAA forecasts for Ohio, or to the meteorologists at the National Weather Service, with their fancy technology ...