Teacher Emma Witkovsky was putting together a booklet of facts about the 50 U.S. states for her students and noticed something unexpected when she got to Michigan's information. "I said to my husband, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Because a butterfly would be too easy. Considered to be a barometer of creek and stream health, the stonefly may soon become Michigan's state insect following a letter writing ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A class of fifth-grade students from Aberdeen Academy is making waves in our state Legislature with their campaign to designate the stonefly as our official state insect. After ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan could get an official state insect thanks to a dedicated class of fifth graders at Grand Rapids Public Schools. The buzz in Emma Witkovsky’s fifth grade classroom ...

The western glacier stonefly lives in extremely cold waters below glaciers in high-elevation streams in Wyoming and Montana. New research has discovered the western glacier stonefly -- Wyoming’s only ...

Fly fishers have a lot of learning to do when it comes to all of the insects that tempt a trout. Of the four main insect groups — midges, caddis flies, mayflies and stoneflies — it is the stoneflies ...

Clinging to rocks and other substrate and munching on algae below Wyoming’s glaciers are tiny insects no longer than 5 millimeters. A handful of stonefly species populate these high-mountain, Wyoming ...