A Molting Scorpion!
While collecting solifuges during field research in East Africa we often uncovered large Pandinus scorpions. We were SO excited when we found this one near Lake Bogoria! These scorpions are usually...
View ArticleCryptic Lichen Mantis
In 2007, when we were camping at Arabuko Sokoke National Park in Kenya, we almost missed this mantis hanging out on a tree trunk. The tree was in the center of a canopy structure and we must have...
View ArticleGot Kids? Make a Video! (Part II)
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks post on Science Friday. Last week we unveiled a video about millipedes that we produced with students at the Renaissance School of Arts and Sciences in...
View ArticleHaiku Mondays: Dragonfly
Dragonfly on a Reed diamond facet eyes seeing all the way around simple yet compound
View ArticleThe Scorpion & the Bully
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks article on Science Friday. For the final video in our kid-created content series with the Renaissance School of Arts and Sciences, we decided to tackle...
View ArticleEntomology in One Word
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks post on Science Friday. During the Entomological Society of America’s annual meeting in Knoxville last year, we met people with an incredible diversity...
View ArticleBug Closet!
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks post on Science Friday. We recently moved into a new space and realized that we had no place to store our animals. Our office is in a basement, and it’s...
View ArticleThe Future of Women’s History
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks post on Science Friday. At the start of every workshop, I make a startling confession: I used to be the girl who would scream for her daddy when a spider...
View ArticleRoger that, Grandma
This is a re-post of an original Bug Chicks post on Science Friday. Last week, while we were teaching on the east coast, we decided to visit Kristie’s 97-year old grandmother. Kristie hadn’t seen...
View ArticleNew Show!
The Show Follow us as we film the incredible insects and spiders of America! This coast-to-coast journey will take place with a vintage sofa that will be placed in different ecosystems across the...
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