Study Confirms Effectiveness of Cheap, Simple Traps for Citizen Science Project
By Kaine Korzekwa By asking members of the public to capture and send beetles in for research, scientists at the University of Florida are using “citizen science” to get a […]
Entomologist Uses Fungus to Manage Bark Beetles
As Arizona and other western states face ongoing drought conditions, the region’s pine forests are becoming more vulnerable to bark beetles, which attack and kill stressed trees, increasing wildfire danger. […]
Using Citizen Science to Track Insects Across the U.S.
By Richard Levine Yesterday during the annual meeting of the National Science Writers Association, I sat in on a presentation by University of Florida entomologists Andrea Lucky and Jiri Hulcr […]