Bug Squad

You'll want to hear Ireland scientist anna N Lamhna's RT podcast featuring Washington State University entomologist David James, co-author of a newly published book, The Lives of Butterflies: A Natural History of Our Planet's Butterfly Life (Princeton University) with colleague David Lohman of the C...

Question: What's better than seeing a monarch butterfly? Answer: Seeing two monarch butterflies sharing the same blossom on a butterfly bush! Scenario: Monarchs (Danaus plexippus) from the Pacific Northwest are fluttering through Vacaville, Calif.

You won't want to miss this. Pollinator ecologist Anthony Vaudo, a research entomologist with the U. S.

This is a winter event you won't want to miss. The event: The 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a Super Science Day. It's an opportunity to see scientists in action.

A praying mantis, an incredible ambush predator, can lie in wait for hours for its prey. Often it's so camouflaged that it totally blends in with its habitat. It can rotate its head 180 degrees--and nothing, it seems, can escape its view.