How Do Honey Bees Curl Their Abdomens?
By Erin Weeks Watch a honey bee wiggle its abdomen on a flower or do the waggle dance in a hive, and you’ll have some idea of the variety of […]
The Collophore Helps Put the Spring in Springtails
By Erin Weeks In 2000, a government building in Maryland had a bit of a springtail infestation on its grounds. Whenever it rained during humid months, springtails swarmed the lawn. […]
Mosquitoes Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places, Sort it Out Eventually
By Erin Weeks In the 1980s, public health officials and entomologists noticed a curious sea change in Florida. For centuries, the yellowfever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) had been one of the […]
Citizen Scientists Needed for the Vanishing Firefly Project
Join this citizen science project to help track where fireflies live and how they are affected by humans