This hour, a look at disgust — and, specifically, the ways and places disgust and food intersect and interact.

After two years of sluggish environmental legislative action, state lawmakers in 2025 passed several big initiatives on climate change.

Researchers trap and track mosquitoes annually from June to October to look for the presence of mosquito-borne viruses including West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or “Triple E” virus.

The program is being run with help from Keep America Beautiful, a conservation advocacy group located in Stamford, and Open Doors, which operates a homeless shelter in Norwalk.

This hour, it’s our tribute to flies. Plus a look at David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake of, you guessed it: ‘The Fly.’

A tiny wasp that kills lawn grubs benefits from the peony plant.

An update on how New England’s North Atlantic right whale and the Arctic’s beluga whale populations are faring. Plus, scientists are using AI technology to learn the language of Connecticut’s state animal: the sperm whale.

The Huneebee Project in Connecticut trains teenagers to be beekeepers. Connecticut Public's newest Mini Doc details how the teens learn skills to take to other jobs and work through hardship and trauma amid the therapeutic setting of a beehive.

Sarah O’Hare is author of the newly-published “Hiking With Kids Connecticut: 45 Great Hikes for Families.”

The Active Tick Surveillance Program began in 2019 to better understand where ticks are, the dangers they pose to people and how invasive tick populations are spreading.

Can local lawmakers improve energy infrastructure and save ratepayers money? Plus, the bears are back–outta hibernation. How are state environmental officials reacting?

Black holes have fascinated scientists for generations, but there is still so much we don’t know about them. Today, Yale astrophysicist Priya Natarajan joins us to talk about her research into the depths of black holes.