A Letter to the New Students of Vassar
[Rob has been invited to Vassar to talk to the entering class of students about his book The Wild Life of Our Bodies, but also [...]
Evolution of the Indoor Biome
There is something living in the north-facing wall of our apartment. My partner and I have narrowed it down to an organism in the phylum [...]
A Heart-to-Heart with Rob Dunn
We're excited for the upcoming release of Rob Dunn's new book, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, on February 3! After taking on the [...]
Ants vs. Rats in NYC
Last year I got to take my first trip to New York City and spent most of my time in the medians of Broadway setting [...]
Navel-gazing Newsflash
A few quick updates on Belly Button Biodiversity and related projects: Azeen Ghorayhshi recently wrote a short bit for Wired Magazine UK recently about Belly [...]
Students Discover Goes to Washington
Members of the Students Discover team recently visited the Nation’s Capital to present at the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) Washington Symposium. [...]
Democratizing the Study of Ants
Across the world, ants are among the first animals children learn to recognize. They are diverse, abundant, and ecologically important from the tops of canopy [...]
It’s official! Meet the high noon ant!
Yesterday, we received word from the Entomological Society of America that the ant, Forelius pruinosus, now officially has a common name: the high noon ant! [...]
Introducing Myrmex: A Comic Ant-thology
Science and education are at their core acts of storytelling. Nature tells her story to scientists and scientists in turn share Nature’s stories with the [...]
Buzzing about cicadas: Launching a new project!
Over the last few weeks, we’ve watched and envied reports and photos coming from those of you living within the emergence zone of [...]
Dogs Make Me (and You) Wild: Ten Effects of Dogs on Dog People
Yesterday I got a call from the outside world but I said no in thunder. I was a dog on a short chain and now [...]
We’re excited about the NC Science Festival and think you should be too!
Today (April 5) marks the kick off the NC Science Festival, a statewide (as in 500-mile wide!) celebration of all things science in North Carolina. [...]
Lettuce eat microbes
Last week, Jonathan Leff and Noah Fierer, our colleagues at the University of Colorado at Boulder with whom we’re collaborating on the Wild [...]
Seeing the Future in the Trees
Over on the EcoIPM blog, Your Wild Life team member, Emily Meineke, has a new blog post describing her research on scale insects, small pest [...]
Manhattan Meet-ups
Elsa Youngsteadt and I have been setting up urban ecology experiments in New York City for the past week– we have another week [...]