The Perils of Plant Monogamy

Biology concepts – pollination , single pollinator , co-evolution , co-divergence What’s bugging her, it’s supposed to be a party! Imagine t...

I’ll Fly Home—Or Not

The snowy owl is sedentary , meaning it does not migrate. The males are almost perfectly white, while the females and juveniles can have bla...

Big Bugs, Little Bugs

The titan beetle ( Titanus giganteus ) , is not necessarily a gentle giant. Its jaws can snap pencils and easily cut into human flesh…. and ...

It’s All in the Numbers - Sizes in Nature

If all the animal species are broken up into groups, the light  blue section includes insects, and the rest of the  circle colors repre...

What’s So Repelling About Repellents?

Biology concepts – thermosensing, repellent, odor receptors, gustatory receptors, semiochemcials Science explains our world, and then ...