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Forget cicadas; 6-foot butterflies are about to land in Chicago
First came the “Cows on Parade,” then came the police K9s; now, Chicagoans will need to get ready for the “Flight of the Butterflies.” The 29-sculpture exhibit is the latest public art installation by the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Cicadas are showing signs that they’re preparing to emerge very soon
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Nature experts in the Midwest are starting to see cicadas preparing for their massive emergence. There could be more of them than the world has seen in 200 years. Hundreds of trillions of cicadas will start appearing in May and live for about six weeks as part of a dual emergence.
Will Cicadas Emerge in Illinois
Illinois is gearing up for the emergence of two broods of cicada’s with experts predicting billions of these insects to make their presence known across the state in late May and June. Some cicadas might even pop up earlier than expected, according to Allen Lawrence, an entomology expert at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago.
Man catches coyote following him as he walks dog in South Loop
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was just walking his dog down the street in the South Loop recently, when a coyote started following him.Austin Ehle was visiting from out of town, and taking his sister's dog, Cheddar, out for a walk last week. When he first noticed the coyote, he thought it was just a stray dog."He seemed really calm, so I didn't think I was in any danger or anything at first, so I did get closer to it. But once I noticed it was a coyote, I turned around and just started walking, because he didn't seem like he was going to bother me," said Ehle. "But then that's when I turned around and noticed I was being followed after that."Fortunately, Ehle was able to spook the coyote by making loud noises, and the animal eventually ran off.He put a video of the encounter on TikTok.During the whole ordeal, Cheddar, a corgi, never even noticed the coyote.
Wooded Island blooms
With a pair of binoculars and a bag full of nature books slung across his chest, Russell Heinrichs led a group of 20 or so wildflower enthusiasts down a bark-mulch trail on Jackson Park’s Wooded Island Sunday afternoon. "There," he said as he stopped, pointing at a purple patch...
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