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When infected by a baculovirus, a gypsy moth caterpillar's brain is hijacked, causing it to climb. Once at the top of the tree, the virus liquefies the caterpillar, raining virus-ridden goo onto other caterpillars.

Researchers have announced the first photographs ever captured of the rare Borneo Rainbow Toad -- after the species hadn't been seen for 87 years.