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A Simple Thing You Can Do to Benefit Backyard Birds and Bees
It’s time to ease up on the spring clean-up to help pollinators and other local wildlife.
Want To Help Researchers Understand Fireflies?
Take a new look at the flashing fireflies in your backyard.
A Beginner’s Guide to Butterfly Watching
Want to get started in butterfly watching? Here are some to see in your backyard.
Meet the World’s Largest Land Crab
The coconut crab can lift 60 pounds and crack coconuts. It’s also facing a perilous future.
The Jumping Slugs of the Pacific Northwest
Meet the strange slugs that do a breakdance for defense.
Making Beetles Pee Can Protect Your Garden
New research offers strange (and pesticide free) ways to protect your garden.
How Citizen Science Aids Horseshoe Crab Conservation
New research shows just how useful citizen science is for horseshoe crab conservation.
Wait. Northern Paper Wasps Recognize Each Other’s Faces?
Research shows that, for northern paper wasps, it pays to recognize your neighbor.
Crawling with Crickets: The Insect Swarm of the Western US
Across the west, this large, occasionally cannibalistic insect swarms by the millions.
Meet the Argonaut, The World’s Weirdest Octopus
Octopuses are awesome. These eight-legged oddballs of the ocean have always had a dedicated fanclub, and the recent documentary My […]
The Butterfly of Spring: Meet the Mourning Cloak
Have you seen the mourning cloak butterfly? It may well be flying around your neighborhood right now, a sure sign of spring.
Tarantulas: Color, Cancer and Cramps
Some consider tarantulas creepy, but these researchers find their venom more helpful than harmful.
