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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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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?…

11 years ago

Sprickets

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

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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.…

11 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…

11 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…

11 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 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…

12 years ago