Why do Fireflies glow?

For those Americans fortunate to live in climates where they can see the lovely fireflies, Chris tells you where the glow comes from.

Superfamily Pentatomoidea – The stink bugs

Chris loves critters, today it’s a very famous insect, the stink bug. Why do they stink and who eats them.

Class Holothuroidea, the Sea Cucumbers

What is a Sea Cucumber? I think Chris is going to tell us.

Sacculina carcini – Lovecraftian critter

Succulina carcini starts life as a harmless little critter who lives a care-free life exploring the busy world of the planktonic drifts. Its larvae look like something H. R. Geiger would have created if he went through a cute phase.

Adetomyrma venatrix, the Dracula Ant

For your average ant, work is grueling no matter what species you belong to . . . But there is one species where sacrifice becomes a full time job.

Musings From The Edge: How Do You Describe Feeling Numb

I think, as I am processing the information I have been receiving and what I have saw so far is that a great deal of my past was destroyed. The places and some of the people I have known, in those few moments were gone, obliterated, almost like they were never there.

Rendezvous with Nature – Return of the Cicada

Any day now the 13-year cicada will emerge from it’s slumber. Mainly in the eastern States, you’ll know when it happens, the noise will be deafening.

Full Pink Moon tonight

The common name of April’s full moon is, Full Pink Moon. This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring.

Carl the Lawn Guy: It’s Spring Time–Let’s Grow Some Grass

Carl the lawn guy shares his secret to growing a beautiful fescue lawn, and insults your grandmother at the same time.

Bees vanish as GOP slashes science budget

From 1972 to 2006, there was a dramatic reduction in the number of feral honey bees in the U.S. (now almost absent) and a significant though somewhat gradual decline in the number of colonies maintained by beekeepers. Read more about this alarming phenomenon inside….