I will try to keep this simple. Out among the leaves and rotten logs of North America lives the Asian needle ant (Pachycondyla chinensis). This [...]
Here is the problem. Adult mammals do not drink milk, ever. They can’t digest it. They lack the enzyme, lactase, required to break down the [...]
A few weeks ago I went to elementary school in Italy. I had been asked to visit one of the schools where professors at the [...]
Cities are ecosystems. They have been for at least four thousand years. They are the ecosystem we inhabit but neglect… the ones where our children [...]
This post is also cross-posted at our friend Alex Wild’s blog, Myrmecos. Check it out to see more stunning photos of camel crickets by Rob’s [...]