Press & Media Archive

Tony Gustin: From Live Bugs to Virtual Reality - Building Creepy Crawly Zoo 2.0

Education On Fire / Sep 14, 2026

Igniting Lifelong Learning Through Bugs, Science, and VR with Tony Gustin

Education Perspectives, Season 6 Episode 14 / Aug 3, 2026

Wauwatosa mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus, more cases likely

FOX6 Milwaukee / Aug 3, 2026

Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo 2.0: an up-close VR experience

FOX6 Milwaukee (Real Milwaukee) / Mar 31, 2026

Experience Insects Like Never Before: Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo 2.0

The Morning Blend (TMJ4) / Mar 12, 2026

Excite! Educate! Inspire! Introducing Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo 2.0

openPR / GetNews (wire) / Mar 6, 2026

Creepy World VR; new venture from The Bug Whisperer

FOX6 Milwaukee (Real Milwaukee) / Apr 1, 2024

Tony demonstrates the VR technology live on Real Milwaukee. The embedded clip is FOX6 video 1434175, which the old media page had mislabeled as 'A Virtual Reality Zoo for Kids.'

Explore the World of Creepy Crawly Wonders with Creepy World VR

EdTechReview / Mar 17, 2023

Ed-tech trade coverage. Describes the Capps exhibit 3D scan and the macro 360 camera.

Creepy World VR Project Comes to Life

Pest Control Technology (PCT) / Feb 22, 2023

Dan Capps Insect Collection Added to Tony's VR Creepy Crawly Zoo

Pest Control Technology (PCT) / Mar 2, 2022

16th Annual Bug Day at Wehr Nature Center

The Morning Blend (TMJ4) / Sep 10, 2021

Segment promotes Wehr's Bug Day and its live insect zoo, but the on-air guest is park naturalist Howard Aprill. Tony is not named. Confirm before listing as personal coverage.

First annual fundraiser for the Gateway Science Project and Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo

FOX6 WakeUp / Mar 23, 2021

Tony joins FOX6 WakeUp to help make scientific literacy for kids a virtual reality.

Virtual Reality Brings Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo to the Masses

Pest Control Technology (PCT) / Jan 27, 2021

A Virtual Reality "Zoo" for Kids Exploring Bugs and Reptiles

The Morning Blend (TMJ4) / Dec 30, 2020

Old media page linked this to a FOX6 video URL; the actual source is this TMJ4 Morning Blend segment.

Discover the Exciting Hidden World of Creepy Crawlies at Home!

The Morning Blend (TMJ4) / Jul 22, 2020

Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo (Real Milwaukee, segment 1)

FOX6 Real Milwaukee / Jul 16, 2020

Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo (Real Milwaukee, segment 2)

FOX6 Real Milwaukee / Jul 16, 2020

Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo (Real Milwaukee, segment 3)

FOX6 Real Milwaukee / Jul 16, 2020

Meet the Science Educator & Entertainer | Tony Gustinverify

US Mag (us-mag.club) / Mar 16, 2020

Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo is an exciting, dynamic and theatrical hands-on live insect show

FOX6 Milwaukee / Jan 6, 2020

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A theatrical, hands-on live insect show that inspires a lifelong love of science

FOX6 Milwaukee / Jan 6, 2020

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Creepy crawly bugs: the show where kids & adults can explore entomology

FOX6 Milwaukee / Oct 25, 2019

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Excite, educate and inspire with Tony's Creepy Crawly Zoo

FOX6 Milwaukee (Real Milwaukee / WakeUp) / Sep 2, 2019

Embedded clip is FOX6 video 830345.

See creepy crawly critters up close and personal, but where?

FOX6 Milwaukee / Jul 30, 2019

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Creeping, crawling, flying: Tony 'The Bug Whisperer' talks about his upcoming show at Discovery World

FOX6 Milwaukee (Real Milwaukee) / Jan 10, 2019

Hokie BugFest lets local youth embrace their inner entomologist

Collegiate Times (Virginia Tech) / Oct 20, 2018

Explore the wonderful world of invertebrates at Wehr Nature Center's Bug Day celebration

FOX6 Milwaukee / Sep 11, 2018

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'The Bug Whisperer' Aims To Make Science Fun (Central Time, June 8 2018)

Wisconsin Public Radio (Central Time) / Jun 8, 2018

Segment appears within the June 8, 2018 Central Time episode; direct segment audio also downloadable from the episode page.

Tony the Bug Whisperer is on the fast track to building an insect theme park

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (jsonline.com) / May 29, 2018

Journal Sentinel is paywalled/bot-protected, so it cannot be auto-verified, but the URL is the canonical story.

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! show at Discovery Worldverify

WISN 12 / May 12, 2018

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"It's so cool!" Bug out at the Creepy Crawly Zoo at Discovery World

FOX6 Milwaukee / Dec 30, 2017

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Creepy Crawly Zoo featured at Discovery World's Scouting Dayverify

WISN 12 / Oct 7, 2017

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Creeping, crawling, flying and fantastic: the Creepy Crawly Zoo is a brilliantly designed educational show

FOX6 Milwaukee / Oct 5, 2017

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Meet live cockroaches: get up close and personal with creepy crawly creatures, but where? (Wehr Bug Day)

FOX6 Milwaukee / Sep 12, 2017

• Wehr Nature Center's Bug Day
• A look at the bugs
• Learn how insects help us
• Sample creepy crawly cuisine

Dated URL from Tony's bookmarks; supersedes the undated /fox6-wakeup-news/ slug. Verified live; legacy dated URL redirects to this canonical slug.

Hokie BugFest creeps into its sixth year

Virginia Tech News / Oct 3, 2016

Get excited about insects! Where you and your kids can meet a bug whisperer

FOX6 Milwaukee (Real Milwaukee) / Sep 22, 2016

Real Milwaukee appearance. Embedded clip is FOX6 video 788756.

Explore the wonderful world of invertebrates at Wehr Nature Center's Bug Day

FOX6 Milwaukee / Sep 14, 2016

2016 edition; a near-identically titled 2018 story also exists. Verified live; legacy dated URL redirects to this canonical slug.

The Italian Times feature (July issue, part 2)verify

The Italian Times / c. 2014

Hosted on a third-party document-scraper site, not the publisher. Date unconfirmed. Recommend replacing with a self-hosted PDF scan.

All eyes on insects (Creepy Crawly Zoo at Warren-Newport Public Library, Gurnee IL)

Shaw Local / Lake County Journal / Nov 17, 2014

Includes a six-photo gallery of the show.

Meet the Bug Whisperer

Parade (Michele C. Hollow) / May 26, 2014

National feature. Original parade.com URL now redirects to Parade Pets. Mentions the Tales from the Bug Whisperer series and the planned Waukesha facility.

Students and Lafayette residents look to Spring Fest for family fun (Purdue Bug Bowl)

Purdue Exponent / Apr 15, 2013

Learn about bugs at the Wehr Nature Center

FOX6 Milwaukee / Sep 13, 2012

• Tony learning about bugs
• Bug Day at Wehr Nature Center

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Journal Sentinel business archive storyverify

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (archive) / c. 2009

From Tony's bookmarks. archive.jsonline.com blocks automated fetching, so the date and headline could not be auto-confirmed. Date is a placeholder pending manual check.

Cozy up to tarantulas, scorpions, assassin bugs at educational show

Arizona Daily Star (tucson.com) / c. 2007

WGN Chicago appearances (2 segments)archival

WGN Chicago / c. 2006

Aired sometime between 2003 and 2009; exact dates unknown. Segments are not online. Needs a hosted recording to become a live link.

KGUN 9 Tucson appearances (multiple segments)archival

KGUN 9 (Tucson, AZ) / c. 2006

Aired sometime between 2003 and 2009, during the Arizona touring years; exact dates unknown. Not on KGUN's site. Needs a hosted recording to become a live link.

Truly Nolen Sponsors Tony Gustin's Creepy Crawly Insect Zoo

Pest Control Technology (PCT) / Jul 6, 2006

He goes buggy for his crittersverify

Arizona Daily Star (tucson.com) / Dec 15, 2005

Good Morning Arizona appearance (2004)archival

Good Morning Arizona (KTVK) / c. 2004

FOX6 appearance (2001)archival

FOX6 Milwaukee / c. 2001

Our very first news story (origin of the traveling live insect show)archival

Local news (unidentified) / c. 1995