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 [...]
Glowing Ants
Just in time for Halloween, MJ Epps and I have created glowing ants. Like mad scientists, we locked ourselves in our office last week with [...]
Fifth Avenue and the Entangled Bank: Fashion in Field Biology
For his 1918 field season, ornithologist Edgar Chance made a gentleman's bet. Like many scientists before him, Chance was, in fact, a gentleman. His family [...]
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 [...]
The Odor of the Odorous House Ant
A visitor prepares to sniff the odorous house ant. Photo credit: Magdalena Sorger. This past weekend at the North Carolina Museum of Natural [...]
Nature in Your Backyard: Fungus Gardeners
One of my favorite past times is flipping rocks. It sounds boring, I know. Maybe not something to suggest on a first date, but by [...]
Top 10 ways an ant’s house is similar to your house
When the region of Cappadocia found itself divided between hostile nations, rather than flee, the people decided to dig in. The landscape was composed of [...]