Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Meet Eddy the emerald ash borer. Eddy is at Parky’s Farm telling us about how he came to the U.S. and why these tiny insects are huge pests.

Want to create a nature journal with your child? Grab some paper and a pencil, step out the front door and use this prompt.

Want to create a nature journal with your child? Grab some paper and a pencil, step out the front door and use this prompt.

In the insect world, you can discover a variety of creatures from the cool to the downright creepy. However, there is no group of insects more hardcore than butterflies. How so? Some butterflies are hungry … for blood.

We’re giving you some fun coloring activities! In honor of National Pollinators Week, we’ll be sharing a coloring page featuring a different pollinator every day. Beetles are one of the largest groups of pollinators. They’ve been pollinating flowers and plants longer than you may think.

We’re giving you some fun coloring activities! In honor of National Pollinators Week, we’ll be sharing a coloring page featuring a different pollinator every day. Today’s coloring page features one of our nighttime pollinators, the moth. Moths help flower just as much as their butterfly relatives do.