insects

More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is changing how wild grasses grow in Kansas, and lowering their nutritional value to insects. That could upset the balance of life on the prairie.

Segment 1: What changing recruitment techniques say about our changing culture.Move over, millennials. The new new workforce is going to be made up of…

Bed bugs are back, and they’ve become a problem in Kansas City.The Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library has been closed since Friday after…

Segment 1: Meet Aaron Rahsaan Thomas.He's a screenwriter and producer who is originally from KCK. Last week, he was in a photo of black creatives in…

Before she accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award in Bioethics, we talk with Myra Christopher about what it's been like to spend decades at the center of…

Cycling 10,000 miles would be plenty of work for anyone. For Sara Dykman it's a labor of love.The Johnson County native is pedaling her way from the…

The monarch butterfly migration is one of the most beautiful phenomena in nature. Today, we speak with an Overland Park native who is following the…

If you are one of the many in Kansas City who has found themselves scratching at large, stubborn bug bites this autumn, you may think that you have…

We're used to mosquito bites here in the Midwest, but if you've found yourself intensely scratching a single, long-lasting bite for weeks, you've probably…

Monarch butterflies are disappearing. Scientists agree that in the last 20 years, populations of the black and orange insect have been in precipitous…

That's how many years it's been since the last time this summer's brood of cicadas came out of the ground. Why do they spend so long underground? What do…

Abby Cornelius, a homeowner in Martin City, Missouri, sees them everywhere.They're in the grass, crouching on leaves, swimming in the dog bowl, and…