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Insect

Butterfly species named after Iryna Zarutska

  • Oct 27, 2025

Chagas disease from 'kissing bugs' could become endemic illness: CDC

  • Sep 10, 2025

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  • Aug 1, 2025

UDel professor teaching students to enjoy insects as food

  • Apr 10, 2025

These states can expect to see a cicada emergence

  • Mar 17, 2025

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US

  • Dec 12, 2024

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  • Sep 18, 2024

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  • Aug 30, 2024

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Capturing the beauty of nature in a box

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Chicago-area woman transfers thousands of cicadas to her suburban home

  • Jul 19, 2024
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When will cicadas emerge: Rare double brood emergence to bring cicadapocalypse

  • Mar 19, 2024
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Pennsylvania officials working to control swelling population of invasive spongy moths

  • Jun 28, 2023
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University of Delaware researchers study wasps as solution to spotted lanternflies in region

  • Jun 8, 2023
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Stunning new wing of American Museum of Natural History offers immersive experience

  • May 15, 2023
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New immersive exhibit opening at the Philadelphia Zoo

  • Mar 30, 2023
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Here's why the spotted lanternfly population may get worse in your backyard

  • Aug 9, 2022

Latest Stories

DNC breakfast at Fairmont Hotel disrupted with maggots, sources say; CPD, FBI investigating

Chicago police and the FBI are investigating an incident at a DNC breakfast in Chicago, which sources said involved maggots.

  • Aug 21, 2024

A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into 'saltshakers of death,' scientists say

Some cicadas are being turned into sex-crazed zombies, thanks to a strange fungus called Massospora cicadina.

  • Jun 6, 2024

Here are the best insect repellents of 2024

Correctly applying the repellent is just as important as the kind you use. Follow the directions on the label, and use a thin coat on all exposed skin.

  • May 28, 2024

Billions of cicadas are set to appear in a rare 'double brood emergence,' scientists say

Billions of cicadas are expected to surface this spring as two different broods - one that appears every 13 years, and another every 17 years - emerge simultaneously.

  • Mar 19, 2024

Are insects drawn to light? New research shows it's confusion, not fatal attraction

Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects' innate navigational systems.

  • Jan 30, 2024