Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s late summer, and the dog-day cicadas (Tibicen canicularis, identifiable by its large size and black-and-olive-green pattern ...

Last week, I noticed a huge wasp perched on a dried-up cucumber leaf. It was a male cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus. These beneficial wasps show up each year shortly after the annual cicadas ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri's yearly visitors will soon dig their way out of the ground throughout the state, along with their killer counterparts. Annual cicadas have already begun their reemergence and ...

Bugs can take the fun out of any outdoor activity. Not only are they annoying but they can bite, leaving you itching and scratching later. One way to find some relief is to use a bug zapper to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the trillions of periodical cicadas emerge in multiple Midwestern and Southeastern states next month, they will face a unique ...