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Name a cockroach after your ex for Valentine's Day

  • Jan 27

Butterfly species named after Iryna Zarutska

  • Oct 27, 2025

Monarch Butterfly begins 'magical' journey from Chicago to Mexico

  • Sep 17, 2025

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

  • Sep 10, 2025

These states can expect to see a cicada emergence

  • Mar 17, 2025

Name a cockroach after your ex for Valentine's Day

  • Jan 22, 2025

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US

  • Dec 12, 2024

National park calls out 'world changing' impact of dropped Cheetos bag

  • Sep 18, 2024

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$200K of illegal exotic cockroaches seized in New South Wales

  • Jun 7
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Capturing the beauty of nature in a box

  • Jun 16, 2025
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DNC breakfast disrupted with maggots, sources say; FBI investigating

  • Aug 21, 2024
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DNC breakfast disrupted with maggots, sources say; FBI investigating

  • Aug 21, 2024
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Itchy mite bites on skin linked to cicada eggs

  • Aug 21, 2024
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Chicago-area woman transfers thousands of cicadas to her suburban home

  • Jul 19, 2024
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Cicada-filled tree terrifies group of kids in Homewood

  • Jun 10, 2024
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Rare blue-eyed cicada donated to Field Museum

  • May 23, 2024

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What you need to know about 'sloth fever' after 21 cases confirmed among US travelers

Oropouche virus is an arthropod-borne virus, meaning a type of virus spread to people by the bite of infected arthropods, a group of insects.

  • Aug 30, 2024

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

Itchy mite bites on skin linked to cicada eggs, health experts explain

This year's cicada invasion may be done for the most part, but the cicadas are not forgotten, especially among a growing number of people in the Chicago area experiencing itchy bug bites.

  • Aug 21, 2024

Noon Whistle Brewing fined for selling cicada-infused shots of Malort

Noon Whistle Brewing got massive attention for selling the drink while two cicada broods were overlapping.

  • Aug 14, 2024

West Nile Virus case reported in DuPage County, health officials say

The first human case of West Nile Virus this year has been reported in DuPage County, health officials said Friday.

  • Aug 3, 2024