A Behind-the-scenes Look at a Butterfly Rainforest
By Richard Levine The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity at the University of Florida in Gainesville is huge, with more than 10 million specimens of moths and butterflies. I […]
No, Lovebugs Were Not Created by Scientists
They don't eat mosquitoes, they aren't full of acid, and other myths about lovebugs
Termites Tunnel and Transport Food Faster at Higher Temperatures
Entomologists at the University of Florida recently published an article in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America that may help to explain the seasonal activities of termites. The […]
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 […]