Assassin Bugs: Ruthless Garden Predators
by Co-author: Derek Hernandez Whenever you’re out on a picnic, there always seems to be a swarm of uninvited guests—bugs. When you think about bugs, you …
Category: Arthropods
Tiger Beetles: The Quick and The Dead
by Summer is well on its way and the beautiful weather has everyone wanting to stretch their legs. And as a runner and insect enthusiast, I …
Arthropods / Biodiversity / Ecology / Entomology / Fun Fact
Case for curiosity: Long live the social queens!
Take a momentary journey with me: Imagine a tight-knit, underground society of humans, working away their entire lives, never seeing the light of day. These …
Mimics and Mystery Flyers
Have you ever seen an animal that looks somehow like a completely different one? There are actually quite a lot of these mimics out there, …
Damselfly in distress: How sexual conflict shapes behavior
As the days grow longer and the temperature rises, the first vestiges of animal and plant life have begun to shake off the trappings of …
The Springtails of Easter Island
by You all may know about Easter, the holiday, but do you know about Easter, the Island? Easter Island is a tiny island in the Pacific, …
Help us identify this bug!
by Here’s a citizen science opportunity: Help us identify this bug! Click here for images of the unknown species and keys for comparison to the most likely species. …
The Lobster: Cockroach of the Sea?
by Living in Maine, where lobsters are available left and right, I’ve always thought that they resembled something I’ve seen before…something I’ve seen way too many …
Arthropods / Ecology / Entomology / Fieldwork
The Spider and the Lynx: Examining Wildlife Corridors
Urbanization and human expansion have led to the fragmentation and reduction of many vital habitats. Conservationists have been trying to come up with management strategies …
The Human Botfly, Dermatobia hominis
Last January I went to Belize as part of a course to study tropical ecology. For three weeks we stayed in different parts of the diverse …