The Buzz

Here's something you don't see every day.

That hawk soaring overhead or perched atop a light pole is probably a red-tailed hawk. Learn more about these high-flying birds.

Next time you're at a local pond, resist the urge to feed the ducks and geese. They don't need our help, and we are actually making them sick.

Is that creepy crawly covered in legs a centipede or a millipede? Here's how to tell. 

Find out by answering these 10 questions.

If you've ever spent a long day in the sun with no sunscreen, you've probably paid the price in the form of a bad sunburn. But are animals at risk for painful sunburns too? 

Learn more about the northern water snake, one of the most common water snakes in Illinois.

A plant that does what it's told? The name obedient plant may seem like a misnomer, but the flowers of this plant can be turned in any direction and will stay in place once moved, hence the name.

Most of us try to avoid bats, but creating a welcoming habitat for them may be beneficial. 

Is that orange and black butterfly floating by a monarch or a viceroy? Here's how to tell the difference.

Answer these 10 questions to see if you are an osprey expert.

Shrimp in Illinois waterways? It's true, but these aren't the kind of crustaceans you'd order in a restaurant.

That buzz you hear coming from the trees in your yard is coming from cicadas, but not the type of the insect that emerges only every 17 years. These cicadas emerge every summer, alerting us to their presence with their well-known buzzing sound.

Just like now in Humboldt Park, 'Alligator' Bob (he never reveals his last name) was on the case at Lake Renwick along with Forest Preserve District Wildlife Biologist Glen Buckner.

Heroes come in all different stages of sobriety.