Tag: Caterpillar

December 11, 2020

Watch: Monarch caterpillars fight for limited milkweed

Exhibiting anger while hungry is a common phenomenon — humans have even come up with the term “hangry” to describe it. In monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars, when they can’t get...

September 20, 2019

Watch: Keeping out birds lets in pests

The netting used on live oak trees in Texas may do a good job of keeping out bothersome birds such as grackles and pigeons, but research shows their absence may...

August 3, 2017

Conference keynote explores businesses as partners in conservation

When wildlifers from NGOs, state and federal agencies, universities and other organizations partner with businesses, it can create a win-win for the environment and the corporation. At the upcoming annual...

July 13, 2017

How businesses help restore natural infrastructure

On the surface, it may seem like a corporate business such as Caterpillar, Inc., which supplies customers with construction equipment, doesn’t have much to do with sustainability or supporting nature....

April 25, 2017

Keeping conservation and construction in the family

Scott Ghilotti, the vice president, co-owner and fourth generation of the family-owned company Maggiora & Ghilotti Inc., says working in a construction company has a lot to do with land...

April 17, 2017

Kansas ranch conserves waterfowl

About five years ago, Wendy and Eric Dunn sold their facility management business in Wichita, Kan., to build a ranch for friends and family where they could hunt and enjoy...

April 5, 2017

Students enjoy a “Day in the Dirt”

Twelve undergraduate wildlife biology students and three employees with the North Carolina Resource Commission recently took a field trip to the Caterpillar customer and training center in Clayton, N.C., where...

September 1, 2016

New TWS Partner a fundamental resource of habitat conservation programs

As a new TWS Premier Partner, Caterpillar, Inc. again demonstrates its commitment to the environment and to communities through their support of The Wildlife Society. Caterpillar has been a leader...