KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The UT Arboretum is hosting a Bug Camp at Oak Ridge this week. Rising second through fourth graders are getting the chance to be up-close-and-personal with all kinds of insects.

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

Insect scientists will swarm Springs this month for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Branch of the Entomological ...

They’re creepy. They’re crawly. And in Alaska, they’re the bane of any fishing expedition. But bugs — even mosquitos — are also a vital part of the animal kingdom. That’s something kids learned ...

More than 1,000 third graders from across Tulsa spent Thursday learning about insects up close during the Exploring Insects event hosted by Tulsa Master Gardeners and OSU at Expo Square. TULSA, Okla. ...

Many people go out of their way to avoid creepy crawling insects on a daily basis. But for folks attending Bug Maine-ia at the Maine State Museum, Tuesday was a celebration of bugs and their ...

Did you know maggots can paint, or what fried mealworms taste like - or even what a roach feels like crawling across your hand? Those are just a few of the things third graders could learn at the ...

For children who are not into climbing, there are nature-based play areas with elevated mounds, rides, slides and balancing ...

Elementary school student Holly Hook takes a deep breath, crinkles her nose and pops a cricket into her mouth. Chewing thoughtfully, she looks up and smiles: "It's good!" Although the thought of ...

CARSON CITY -- First off, kids, black widow spiders have eight legs, and that makes them arachnids, not insects, so they are out of the running in the contest to pick Nevada's official state insect.

They’re creepy. They’re crawly. And in Alaska, they’re the bane of any fishing expedition. But bugs — even mosquitos — are also a vital part of the animal kingdom. That’s something kids learned ...