What do planthoppers and armpits have in common?
Did you know that today (May 22) is the International Day for Biological Diversity? To celebrate this holiday, we're sharing a recent conversation we had [...]
Time to Meet Your Mites!
May we scrape your face for SCIENCE? I imagine this is not a question one generally expects to be asked when visiting his or her [...]
So easy everyone can do it: How we’re like cave men and ants
**Today, we have a guest post from graduate student, Emily Meineke -- Enjoy!** There was a time when people weren’t so connected. It was a [...]
Up close and personal with E.O. Wilson
As you most likely read on the blog and noted by our steady stream of #eowilson tweets, the eminent biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson visited our [...]
Wild Life of Our Homes: Tanzania Style
What a fun surprise this afternoon to receive this tweet from our friend, Dr. Danielle Lee (DNLee): Attn @drholly @davidkroll I uploaded a @youtube video [...]
Plating Pit Microbes
Over the last few days, we’ve shared updates and observations from #PitStart, a pilot study examining the effects of deodorants and antiperspirants on armpit microbes, [...]
For the Birds
I rarely use my front door. The backdoor is just so darn convenient, being closer to the driveway and all. Yet the mailbox is out [...]
Is a Field Guide for Microbes in Our Future? Q & A with Microbiologist Jonathan Eisen
Jonathan Eisen – the evolutionary biologist, microbiologist & genomicist extraordinaire from UC Davis (aka @phylogenomics on Twitter) – is leading the charge to develop a [...]
Want to study the consequences of urban and global warming for plant-arthropod interactions? [Post-doc Opp]
Our pal and collaborator Steve Frank in the Entomology Department at NCSU is advertising a post-doctoral position (available immediately) to study the consequences of urban [...]