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Insect

NC Museum reopens popular Butterfly Exhibit

  • May 19

Butterfly species named after Iryna Zarutska

  • Oct 27, 2025

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

  • Sep 10, 2025

Asian needle ant population expanding in NC; what you need to know

  • Jun 11, 2025

Venus flytraps thrive in Carolinas, hikers peek into native ecosystem

  • May 27, 2025

Spotted lanternfly confirmed in NC

  • May 23, 2025

Spotted lantern flies return to North Carolina

  • Apr 14, 2025

These states can expect to see a cicada emergence

  • Mar 17, 2025

Latest Videos

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Ants invade Wendell Park, NCSU researchers try to help

  • Apr 15
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Capturing the beauty of nature in a box

  • Jun 16, 2025
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Asian needle ant population expanding in NC

  • Jun 10, 2025
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Damage-causing spotted lantern flies return to North Carolina

  • Apr 14, 2025
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Brown spots in lawn could be infestation of army worms

  • Aug 29, 2024
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Chicago-area woman transfers thousands of cicadas to her suburban home

  • Jul 19, 2024
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Invasive insect poses threat to popular trees in the Carolinas

  • Mar 20, 2024
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'Butterfly House' reopens in NC Natural Sciences Museum

  • May 27, 2023

Latest Stories

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US

Every winter, millions of monarch butterflies journey thousands of miles across North America to spend winters in the forests and mountains of central Mexico.

  • Dec 12, 2024

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

A popular national park is warning visitors about how a piece of litter could drastically impact the ecosystem.

  • Sep 18, 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

A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into 'saltshakers of death,' scientists say

Some cicadas are being turned into sex-crazed zombies, thanks to a strange fungus called Massospora cicadina.

  • Jun 6, 2024