Before They Were Scientists: Clint Penick
Ant biologist Clint Penick (that's him above on the far left) didn’t win the “Most Likely to Become a Scientist” award in middle school. In [...]
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What to Do About the Ants in Your Kitchen
It all started in a street median in Manhattan, not far from Mary Tyler Moore’s apartment. Marko Pecaravic decided to do a thesis on the [...]
Updating the Species Scape
This post was written by Clint Penick & Magdalena Sorger As the world’s entomologists gather in Orlando this week for the International Conference of Entomology [...]
Back to School Heart Rate Checkup
**This is a guest post written by NC State undergraduate, Jakini Kauba. Jakini has been collaborating with Dr. Clint Penick on the Beats project, digging [...]
BioBlitz at the New York Botanical Gardens
How many plant, mammal or invertebrate species live in the New York Botanical Garden? While it seems like there should be a straightforward answer – [...]
Behind the Science: Ants and Ecologists on Broadway
When contemplating all the picky eaters of the world, I bet ants probably aren't the first organisms that come to your mind. And yet ants [...]
Insects Headline Art of Science Exhibit
Science is boring. Art is Stupid. Prove us wrong. These are the words that launched the annual Art of Science exhibition at Princeton University. The [...]
Ants Take Over Space Station
A generation ago, the hopes for a colony on the moon or elsewhere beyond the Earth’s atmosphere were great, so great that a replica of [...]
The Art and Science of Life After Chernobyl
At first glance, the insect paintings by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger look no different than the images in a Peterson field guide. The subjects are set against [...]
Geeking Out Over Arthropods
This past week, over 3500 scientists who study insects and other arthropods gathered in Austin, Texas, for the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Scientific [...]