2024 offers a rare entomological treat: Two different periodical cicada broods will emerge at the same time across different swaths of the country. Full Episode Sunday, Jun 15 ...

A 4-year-old boy in Wheaton, Illinois, found a “rare” blue-eyed cicada. His family had to go back to find the “one-in-a-million” creature.

The rusty patched bumble bee, the Hine’s emerald dragonfly and the Karner blue butterfly are also on the federal government’s endangered animal list. Itch mites feed on cicada eggs and were ...

An endangered rusty patched bumble bee reported in Rogers Park and a beautiful photo of a flying cicada killer wasp are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.