Daddy Long Legs 411

Daddy Long-Legs Facts and Fiction An Introduction to Daddy Long Legs As a kid I remember shrieking and being chased…

9 years ago

How Birds Make Sounds

How Birds Make Sounds How Exactly Do They Make Notes? One of the joys of walking through a forest is…

9 years ago

An Introduction to Chiggers

Chiggers and Chigger Bites What Exactly Are Chiggers? I have a lot of requests to cover topics about biting and…

9 years ago

The Shape of Raindrops

The Mystery of the Shape of Raindrops The Size and Shape of Raindrops How many times have you seen a…

9 years ago

Introduction to Fishing Spiders

  Fishing Spiders 101 "Eek...They're Big Enough to Saddle Up and Ride!" Have you ever been near the water's edge…

9 years ago

Are Mushrooms Good For You?

Are Mushrooms Good For You? Facts and Fiction What Are the Benefits of Eating Mushrooms? While taking a hike through…

9 years ago

Night-time Summer Activities for Kids

Night-time Summer Activities for Kids Keep Kids Busy and Learning on Summer Nights This time of year is one of…

9 years ago

Science Misconceptions & Good Thinking

Common Misconceptions in Science and Good Thinking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzXxHYJnsqo FREE Video Series on Science Misconceptions As a child of the 80's I…

9 years ago

Otoliths: How Fish Hear

Otoliths: Fish Hearing Bones  Fish Hearing and Otoliths Did you know fish and invertebrates that live under water make sound?…

9 years ago

Sprickets

Sprickets (Spider Crickets) Why Do They Gather in My House? It's been a while since I last did a post…

9 years ago

Japanese Honeysuckle: Flower Coloration

Japanese Honeysuckle: Why There are Two Flower Colors What Gives with Japanese Honeysuckle Flowers? Here in the Eastern US there…

9 years ago

Black and Yellow Spiders

Black And Yellow Spiders: What Type of Spider Is That?  Identifying Black and Yellow Spiders Spiders come in all shapes…

9 years ago

What Do Snapping Turtles Eat?

Answers The Question: What Do Snapping Turtles Eat? Food Preference of Snapping Turtles You're driving down the road on a…

9 years ago

Help, I’ve Been Stung! Bee Sting Remedy

Bee Sting Remedy  What To Do If You're Stung At the best of times it's nearly impossible to avoid bees…

9 years ago

Book Titles For the Birds

Book Titles For the Birds and Avian Humor Bird Related Book Humor Birders (those who bird watch) and naturalists often…

9 years ago

Weather Lab: Predict Weather Patterns

Weather Lab App Launches A Predictive Weather Modeling App for Students and Teachers I usually don't mix my professional life…

9 years ago

Hummingbird Food Recipe

Hummingbird Food Recipe: Without The Red Dye How To Prepare Hummingbird Food Hummingbirds are one of natures miracles of flight.…

9 years ago

What is Catnip?

What is Catnip? Cat's Love It, But Why?   What Am I Giving My Cat? As an indoor cat lover…

9 years ago

How Do Frogs Make Sound and Hear It?

Frogs Make Sounds and Hear in Surprising Ways Frog Sounds and Listening As warm weather is setting in the chorus…

9 years ago

Do Ladybugs Bite? The Surprising Answer

Do Ladybugs Bite?  Biting Ladybugs: Should I Run and Hide?  Ladybugs are one of those insects that even non-insect lovers…

9 years ago

Mucus: Nature’s Slip n’ Slide

Mucus: Nature's Miracle Lubricant Slipping and Sliding in the Natural World It's that time of year when colds and flu…

9 years ago

The Last Gasp of the Scientific Method

The Scientific Method On Its Way Out Science as a Practice As a curriculum developer my nose is constantly buried…

9 years ago

Spider Feet: Web Building and Hunting

What are the Differences in Spider Feet? Spider Feet For Different Purposes For Valentine's Day my friends at the Smithsonian…

9 years ago

Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation

Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, The Definitive Guide to the Evolution of Sex Dr. Ruth Meets David Attenborough…

9 years ago

Hydrostatic Skeleton

Fluid Support of the Hydrostatic Skeleton Spineless Doesn't Mean No Support Have you ever heard the words:  "You're spineless?"  While meant as…

9 years ago

Can Turtles Breathe Through Their Butts?

Turtles Breathe Through Their Butts Vent Breathing Through Cloacal Bursae In a previous post I talked about the difference between hibernation…

9 years ago

Hawk ID Guides and Resources

A List of Hawk ID Guides and Resources  Hawk ID for Hawk Watching Just out of college I began hawk…

9 years ago

Augmented Reality for Education

Augmented Reality Applied to Education What is Augmented Reality? As a science educator I often find myself walking a fine…

9 years ago

Giant Clam, Living Greenhouse

Giant Clam: A Living Greenhouse For Algae How Giant Clams Act asGreenhouses for Algae Normally I stick to North American species…

9 years ago

Orchid Flower Pictures

Orchid Flowers: Beauty and Biodiversity Orchid Flower Pictures Sometimes I get lucky enough to be able to travel to some…

9 years ago