Even Cockroaches Need Friends
The other night I was hanging out with friends at an apartment when I heard a loud shriek from the kitchen. Naturally, as a concerned …
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Will Rice Will Sting
I was walking to Will Rice commons from the Grove for my weekly Monday Coffeehouse manager lunch meeting when I noticed a few insects flying …
Losing Beetles to Extinction
The need for environmental conservation and species protection becomes more and more apparent as we hear news about climate change, rising sea temperatures and the …
Master of Water and Air? Kind of.
If I could have any ability, it would be to be able to swim indefinitely and fly. The dream of mastering both water and air …
Move Over Kanye – Insects Have Egos Too
Few possess egos that match up to that of the infamous Kanye West. A study by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that insects …
An afternoon in Austin(g), Texas
Just the other week I was up in Austin with my team for a rugby game. All day we’d noticed there were angry, red mounds …
Hiding in Plain Sight
Last week, as I was going back to my room at night, a weird but nice looking leaf caught my eye. I initially ignored it, …
Bee Intelligence and Emotion
The concept of the hive mind has long fascinated the scientific community and captured the imagination of sci-fi authors, with hymenoptran sociality reaching as far as …
Ant Farmers – Long Term Planners
Ants are amazing creatures, and we have known that for a while now. They can thrive virtually anywhere, they form large super-colonies, and they herd …
Spider Webs: Sticky Obstructions or Future Human Tools?
I’m sure with it being the end of summer we’ve all walked through our share of these sticky entrapments spiders set up. Though these webs …