Stories by Pam Otto
Don’t feel left out if you’re not seeing cicadas in your area. You still can participate in a community science project.
Not everyone is going to be a part of the coming Cicada-palooza.
Periodical cicadas are predicted to emerge throughout northern Illinois in just a few weeks. But will their appearance live up to all the hype?
Give this community science effort a try! Entomologists working to sort out the intricacies of butterfly life cycles will thank you for it.
By tapping holes in trees in springtime, when the sap is rising, these birds help ensure that many other creatures also gain access to the sweet elixir.
A better understanding of life’s complexities actually is made possible by fish alarm chemicals.
Pet rabbits make lousy Easter gifts, and don’t belong in the wild.
For a few weeks in late winter and early spring, the usually underground tiger salamanders come to the surface and hit the trail.
Here are ways to control odorous house ants without using harsh chemicals or hiring an exterminator.
Petite, resilient and stinky are only a small sampling of the odorous house ant’s many fascinating traits.
A gaggle of birders, scanning the Canada geese in and around a man-made pond, noted that one of the birds was not like the others.
I was just about to throw in the towel, when I found out I’m not alone in this sea of color confusion.
The warmer weather we’ve experienced recently has caused some arthropods, aka woodpecker food, to start moving around.
As casual observers, we have no way of knowing for sure whether our winter robins are year-round residents or visitors from farther north.
Here are ways to kick out intrusive flora and fauna before they damage our environment.