During the heatwave, I spread a layer of mulch over my backyard in preparation for fruit tree planting and by the next day found a number of dead, shiny green beetles on top of the mulch. These were ...

If you're lying awake on a summer night and a noise from outside is keeping you up, chances are the creature responsible is ...

Talk about a disturbance in the neighborhood. Who knew the source of it would be coming from underground invaders? In one South Carolina county, the emerging cicadas are so loud that residents are ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite inhabiting nearly every corner of the planet, many of the most common insect species ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The cicadas are coming! The 2024 double emergence of Brood XII and XIX will bring billions of cicadas to northern Illinois. According to the Field Museum, the emergence of the Great ...

Parts of the United States are about to experience a rare natural phenomenon with the simultaneous emergence of two enormous adjacent broods of periodical cicadas. More than a trillion of these noisy ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," among other books. Reach him via Katie Rohman at krohman@duluthnews.com. A ...