A bizarre sack-like “thing” dangling off a tree branch in a rural Aussie town stopped a man in his tracks this week. The ...

when a silkworm cocoon fell from the tree into her tea. She noticed that on contact with the hot beverage, the cocoon unraveled into a long silky thread. This happy accident inspired her to acquire ...

the Chinese Empress who is credited with discovering silk. According to legend, Leizu was sipping tea beneath a mulberry tree when a silkworm cocoon fell into her cup. As she attempted to remove ...

That's the silk. The silkworms spin this filament into a cocoon. Then the caterpillar begins its transformation. Except, this is when silk producers butt in. The cocoons are steamed. This cleans ...

(Source: Integrated Media Center of Yizhou District) As one of the largest silk cocoon production bases across China, Yizhou boasts 26,400 hectares of verdant mulberry fields with an annual output ...