If your child is beginning to get interested in the nature world around them, you should consider getting them a bug catcher. Maybe they’re particularly interested in ladybugs, caterpillars, lightning ...

When I was 12, I visited the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., with my family. Inside the insect zoo, a naturalist pulled a massive brown bug out of a tank and held ...

If your kids love animals, then you’re in luck. The St. Louis region boasts several animal attractions that are fun for the whole family. Whether you’re looking for exotic animals, farm animals, sea ...

With a flashlight in one hand and a pair of tweezers in the other, my four-year-old daughter reached for a harmless long-legged arachnid sitting in its web under the basement stairs. June’s normally ...