insects

When you think about the first creatures to explore space, fruit flies probably don’t spring to mind."The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture" explores the ancient relationship between humanity and insects.

This summer, after spending the last 17 years underground, millions of periodical cicadas emerged in southern Wisconsin. WUWM’s Lina Tran and Jimmy Gutierrez went to Lake Geneva on a mission to experience the emergence for themselves.

Southern Wisconsin is home to Brood XIII, one of the two broods of periodical cicadas emerging this summer.

The spongy moth is making its appearance this month in southeast Wisconsin. It is known to eat away at the leaves of our area’s trees, especially in its caterpillar stage.

While walking along Lake Michigan or one of Wisconsin’s many rivers, you might have walked through a swarm of tiny flying bugs. They get everywhere. Entomologist PJ Liesch shares more about midge flies.

Need an excuse not to cut your grass? Here's one — scientists say leaving your lawn a little longer in the spring can actually help bees and other pollinators. Appleton is now in its third year of No Mow May, with hundreds of homeowners being bee-friendly all month.

An insect-killing bacteria that lives inside a parasitic worm might hold the key to developing a powerful new repellent.

If you walk near the lake at night, there’s a good chance you’ll see bats swooping through the air to feast on insects. What you might not see - or hear -…

At the Wisconsin State Fair this month, among the extreme food offerings - like, say, the deep-fried bacon-wrapped olives on a stick - was one menu option…

Over the last six years the University of Minnesota Monarch Lab has collaborated with the US Forest Service to reach teachers around the country with the…