It's only July, and some Cape Cod leaves are turning brown. No, your tree isn't dying. Here's what's really going on.

Have you been noticing that many deciduous trees throughout the area are covered in browned, dying leaves and branches? The ...

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

While Illinois will experience annual cicadas in 2025, it won't see a repeat of 2024. The two periodical broods that appeared ...

Trees looking a bit brown in places? It's probably the 17-year cicadas laying eggs. What you need to know about flagging, and protecting your plants.

"You could pick one up and hold it in your hand all day, and all it would do is buzz or scream at you to let it go." When they emerge from the soil and become adults, the insects stick around for only ...

Cicadas are proving to be more than just a noisy nuisance this season, as one of the pesky insects apparently caused a car crash in the Cincinnati area.

A notably large brood of periodical cicadas will emerge from the underground across parts of the eastern U.S. this spring.