What on earth is a camel cricket? Is it a camel, or is it a cricket? Is it a desert-dwelling creature with humps on its back that makes chirping noises after the sun goes down? Or is it a tiny, grass-dwelling insect that jumps away as you approach...

If you're a cicada, these wasps are very dangerous. Cicada killer wasps, as their name suggests, focus their predatory instincts on killing and eating cicadas. In fact, they expend all their effort toward this pursuit. They burrow tunnels, that can...

There is nothing quite as repulsive as the spray of a skunk. I mean, do you know anyone that doesn’t mind the putrid smell these little furry creatures give off? No, me either! And it would be bad enough if these little critters sprayed and that was...

Fleas are a lot of things. Have you ever swung your legs out of bed only to have fleas appear out of nowhere and land on your ankles? Fleas are definitely sneaky. Have you ever been kept awake half the night because your dog kept scratching and...

Have you ever wondered why camel crickets have the word camel in their name? We have. And, as it turns out, it is because its back sort of looks like it has a hump on it--like a camel. But when you see one of these creatures sitting on your basement...

It is during the spring and early summer that new life begins to appear. Flowers begin blooming, trees bud out, fruit trees blossom, and baby birds begin chirping, anxious to try out their wings. This is also the time that baby rabbits, squirrels, ...