A Hundred Eager Kids: The Fred A. Olds Soap Biodiversity Project
Recently, I started going back to elementary school. The goal was simple; I was going to try to do real science in the classroom. We [...]
Looking ahead to 2014 — We want to hear from YOU!
Time sure flies when we’re having fun, doesn’t it? With 2013 winding down, we think it’s a good time to pause and take stock of [...]
Celebrate World Soil Day
In celebration of World Soil Day (December 5, 2013), we give you a round-up of Your Wild Life posts that in some way extol the [...]
The Belly Buttons Will be Revealed, Slowly
We are finally revealing our last batch of results about Belly Button Biodiversity, results of samples of 583 people. In doing so, we are going [...]
Exciting opportunity in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
As many of you know, we partner with the awesome folks in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on [...]
Novel Navel Notes: Get Omphaloskepsisizing!
Speaking of SciArt, the Buzz Hoot Roar folks were so inspired by our own Belly Button Biodiversity that they too started navel gazing. What are [...]
Making the Invisible Visible
If you haven’t visited our Invisible Life project in the last few weeks, go pop on over today and check it out! We’ve added a [...]
Exposing Our Belly Buttons in the Name of Public Science
Oh man, you’re thinking, WHAT are those wacky Your Wild Life folks up to NOW? (Sometimes, when we have a sec to pause [...]
Welcome to the Jungle
We’ve been hinting for weeks now… through our tweets and updates to the Belly Button Biodiversity project website… And now it’s official! We [...]
We’re navel gazing… on Canadian TV!
A little over a year ago, we launched our Belly Button Biodiversity project at the Science Online 2011 meeting, recruiting volunteers to twirl cotton swabs [...]
Your Backstage Pass to DNA Extraction
Over the course of the next few weeks, we're going to introduce you to the undergraduate students and recent grads who work hard behind-the-scenes to [...]