The visit of the 17-year cicadas isn't particularly long, but it can bring back memories of cicada summers from long ago.

A new pest may emerge in Ohio as Brood XIV cicadas conclude their 17-year life cycle. Oak leaf itch mites can bite people, ...

News 13 can confirm that it is the cicadas causing those brown leaves on some western North Carolina trees. Many residents ...

I noticed a lot of small twigs with leaves on them under my oak tree and became concerned about the oak. It is a large, ...

Nature blessed my boyhood summers with music. Cicadas’ rising-falling singsong gave days rhythm. Katydids chimed in evenings ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Seated inside the custom-built iron cage that he had ordered constructed for his enemies, he looks wasted and forlorn, lost in thought, unbelieving. How did I get here? he wonders aloud in his echo ...

The Japanese beetle is native to Japan and an invasive species in the U.S. They have metallic green bodies and brown wings. Similar to June bugs, they develop underground and eat plants, granting them ...

Grief is a funny thing. I took a couple days off this week to be able to enjoy a long weekend for the Fourth of July. I baked ...

Mothballs, essential oils, products that vibrate the ground and other items have been used to deter snakes. But their ...

An Amazon driver in a semi-truck lost control of a wet street, veering off the road and crashing on June 25 in Iowa City, ...

Our Gulf beaches are world famous, but Sarasota has another great body of water—the Myakka, celebrating its 40th anniversary ...