An Atlantis Fritillary sits on a wildflower near Crested Butte during the annual Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.© Nikki Wentling/Shutterstock.com Tennessee is a beautiful, pastoral state full of ...

There are just some things that insert themselves where they are unwanted, and when plants and animals insert themselves into areas they aren't supposed to be in it can damage an ecosystem. Tennessee ...

Cicadas have been all the buzz in Middle Tennessee this year, literally, with a defining noise and decibels reaching the same as lawnmowers and tractors. Now collectors and bug enthusiasts can ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Summer is the season of gross bugs and annoying pests and East Tennessee is certainly not the exception. From ants, to mosquitoes, to spiders, to stinkbugs, you can find a little ...

Winnie completed her training in July and since then has been "spotting" spotted lanternfly in East Tennessee. The destructive insect was first found in Tennessee in 2023. If you've found a spotted ...

(NEXSTAR) – 2024 brought us “cicada-geddon,” a double awakening of two broods of periodical cicadas that swarmed much of the eastern United States over the spring and summer. The noisy insects have ...

Those tiny, fuzzy white insects flying all over East Tennessee don't bite. But many residents hate the sight of them, WBIR reported. They're called aphids, and they are small sap-sucking insects. They ...

More than 271 million ash trees in Tennessee are at risk of being destroyed by emerald ash borers, an insect that arrived in Middle Tennessee in 2014, according to Nashville's Cheekwood Estate and ...

Tennessee is a beautiful, pastoral state full of sweeping grasslands, thick forests, and lush rivers. It’s also home to a large collection of creatures. Mammal-wise, the Volunteer State is home to ...