The tremendous biodiversity of our charismatic microfauna includes an insect group I am willing to bet you are familiar with (even if you aren’t aware of it). Over the last few years the remarkable ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the ...

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April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the escape from my first brutal Minnesota winter. I was ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local)-- If you see a huge insect attacking a bee or a wasp this summer, you've probably stumbled upon a bee panther. Also known as the red-footed cannibalfly, the bee panther is ...

I spotted this amazing sight (see photo, right) in Croatia in July 2007. In light of New Scientist‘s book Does Anything Eat Wasps?, I’d like to know what’s going on here. Which insect is eating which, ...