Tag: Entomology
Beyond honey: 4 essential reads about bees
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
As spring gardening kicks into high gear, bees emerge from hibernation and start moving from...
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction...
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
The invasive emerald ash borer has destroyed millions of trees –...
Kristine Grayson, University of Richmond
The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with...
The invasive spotted lanternfly is spreading across the eastern US –...
Frank A. Hale, University of Tennessee
The spotted lanternfly was first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014 and has since...
I have city kids make comic books to create a buzz...
Katherine Richardson Bruna, Iowa State University
If humans and mosquitoes had a battle at the end of the world,...
To help insects, make them welcome in your garden – here’s...
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
As winter phases into spring across the U.S., gardeners are laying in supplies and...
Billions of cicadas may be coming soon to trees near you
John Cooley, University of Connecticut and Chris Simon, University of Connecticut
A big event in the insect world is...
Invasive tawny crazy ants have an intense craving for calcium –...
Ryan Reihart, University of Dayton
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
In a recent study, my colleagues and I...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
