The recent cool days that often gave us temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees below normal with several periods of snow showers has slowed the progress of spring. With warm temperatures in the early part ...

It's been said that in the springtime, the changes in nature are so likely that each day we will see something new from the day before. I believe that is true for the whole spring. But when we get to ...

Sue Katherine Boye Williams, 16, a junior at the Watkinson School in Hartford, Conn. and Chris Tracy, 19, a senior at the school, stand near an inlaid design of Connecticut's current State Insect, the ...

HARTFORD — When it comes to state insects, most states honor beloved and benign bugs, like butterflies, honey bees and ladybugs. Connecticut has designated a voracious predator as its ...