Ecdysis is a word that refers to when reptiles and insects shed their old layers of skin or outer cuticles. Conceptually, the word speaks to rebirth, or better yet, a renewal, which sums up the ...

Moldovan prog metal group Infected Rain have set Ecdysis as the title of their forthcoming fifth album, due Jan. 7 next year, and have debuted a music video for the first single, "Postmortem 1." The ...

Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar eating his molted skin for extra nutrition. The caterpillar is white with black and yellow ends (stripes). The caterpillar is horizontal in the frame, facing ...

As a snake grows, it must shed its skin to make room for changes. This process is called Ecdysis. For Toronto-based artist Santyna, the metaphor of this process aligns perfectly with her life, and it ...

Darkside (the duo of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington) have shared a new song, the six-and-a-half-minute “Ecdysis!” It was recorded during the sessions for ...

Wellness retreats are all the rage in the 21st century, but what if all the health benefits could be had by just eating a part of yourself? It may sound strange or even disgusting, but that is ...

Ecdysis Foundation started in 2016 behind the wheel of a rental car on a cross country roadtrip home to South Dakota. Driving through the endless miles where society had traded corn and soybeans for ...

Caterpillars shed their skin several times as they grow, and in the final stage of metamorphosis, they form their pupa (chrysalis). As the warm summer and spring suns arrives, it signals a change in ...