Good Morning, Scorpion
by In Mexico, when someone mentions Durango it’s inevitable not to think about the desert, western movies, the colonial and Mexican baroque buildings, and scorpions. The …
Category: Biodiversity
Creature Feature: Wooly Bear Caterpillar
by Groundhog Day has come and gone and Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring, even though we in Central Maine just received 6 inches of snow …
Biodiversity / Bugs in Our Back Yard / Developmental Biology / Ecology / Evolution / Fun Fact / Lab Research / Paleontology
Angelini Lab Member Featured in Podcast
Here in the Angelini Lab, research interests can differ pretty dramatically. While our primary research animals are soapberry bugs, other ongoing projects investigate different bug …
Biodiversity Matters: featuring an article from the Washington Post
An article published in the Washington Post last Friday perfectly contextualizes how important biodiversity is to each and every one of us. Read the article …
Long lost bee discovered, but can it bee saved?
by In January on a small archipelago in Indonesia Clay Bolt, a nature photographer, and his team captured a female Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto), a …
Biodiversity / Ecology / Evolution / Fun Fact / Taxonomy
Light of My Life
While Valentine’s Day has come and gone this year, life and love in the natural world continues ever onward. Today we’ll take a closer look …
Entomophagy: Why don’t we eat bugs?
‘Tis the season for many Americans to gather around feasts of plenty featuring succulent and meaty main dishes. These meals are often part of a …
Zombie Puppet Masters
When you think of zombies, shambling, flesh-hungry creeps may come to mind. As we’ve been taught by shows like The Walking Dead, zombies often travel …
Love Vines on the Attack!
Imagine your safe in your home one evening, binging on your favorite entertainment. Suddenly the walls of your house crumple outward with violent force. Before …
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 …