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Highlights Magazine

• In Press. Glorious Glowworms.
• March 2022. Weaver Ants. Volume 77(3): pp. 20-21.

Science

• February 16, 2017. Want to repel mosquitoes? Don’t use citronella candles
• Dec. 14, 2016. Glowworms harness a surprising ingredient to keep their threads sticky

Washington Post

• July 22, 2016. Tick season is here, and it’s time to learn how to stop the suckers
• November 23, 2015. New technique unlocks the mystery meats used to make ‘uterine vellum’ for ancient books
• October 29, 2015. Cases of these horrifying, 31-inch parasites are dropping sharply

WIRED.COM

• January 19, 2016. Just Give Up. It’s Impossible to Bug-Proof Your Home
• December 19, 2015. Reindeer Bot Flies Are Not Particularly Festive
• December 8, 2015. This Bug Has Heard All Your Jokes About Its Head Already
• December 3, 2015. Remain Calm: Kissing Bugs Are Not Invading the US.
• November 3, 2015. Hey Guess What Killing Bugs With Fire Is Still a Bad Idea.
• October 21, 2015. These Lovely Birds Do More Than Sing—They Sleep Around
• October 12, 2015. These Adorable Owls Will Not Kill You With Plague
• September 24, 2015. Bee Tongues and Flowers Reveal Evolution in Overdrive
• September 17, 2015What Does the Giraffe Say? Scientists Find the Answer
• September 10, 2015. You Know What Makes Great Food Coloring? Bugs
• September 2, 2015. Royal Jelly Isn’t What Makes a Queen Bee a Queen Bee
• August 25, 2015. Millipede Genitals, Now in Glorious 3-D!
• August 21, 2015. Here’s How Burners Can Prepare for the Bugpocalypse
• July 17, 2015. Let’s Nerd Out About Ants Before You See Ant-Man
• June 24, 2015. Silent and Deadly: Fatal Farts Immobilize Prey
• June 17, 2015. Bugging Out: The Must-Read Insect Books of the Summer
• June 8, 2015. The Ants That Smell Like Blue Cheese—Or Is That Pine-Sol?
• May 27, 2015. 6 Extra Pairs of Genitals Is Just Too Much of a Good Thing
• May 20, 2015. These Insects Decorate Their Butts With Waxy Sculptures
• May 15, 2015. 130-MPH Spring-Loaded Jaws Help These Ants Escape Predators

• May 4, 2015. Bees Are Great at Pollinating Flowers—But So Are Vibrators
• April 29, 2015. You’re Worrying About the Wrong Bees
• March 30, 2015. Glowing Tampons Help Detect Sewage Leaks
• March 26, 2015. Dragonflies: Masters of Air and Water
• March 18, 2015. Pesticides and Bees: It’s Complex
• March 12, 2015. Road Salt is Polluting our Rivers
• March 2, 2015. Plague, Fleas, and the Rats of New York City
• February 16, 2015. GMO Spider Venom May Be the Next Viagra
• February 9, 2015. 50 Shades of WRONG: Disturbing Insect Sex
• January 22, 2015. How Flies Fly
• January 21, 2015. Caterpillars from China’s Rain Forest
• January 13, 2015. DIY Bot Fly
• January 7, 2015. 33 Million Things: The Secret World of Museums
• December 29, 2014. Building a Better Bed Bug Trap
• December 22, 2014. How Butterflies Get Their Shine
• December 9, 2014. Nature Nerd Holiday Gift Guide
• December 2, 2014. Giant Stick Insects from Vietnam
• November 18, 2014. Bed Bugs Won’t Give You Chagas Disease (probably)
• November 14, 2014. Glowing Predatory Insect Graboids
• November 6, 2014. When Did Insects Evolve?
• November 4, 2014. Horny Deer Make November Driving
• October 31, 2014. 4-Acre Spider Web Engulfs Building
• October 30, 2014. Happy Arachtober: Spider Cthulhu
• October 21, 2014. A Velvet Worm Named for Totoro
• October 13, 2014. Essential Oils Fail at Killing Bed Bugs
• October 9, 2014. Do a Big Sit For Birds
• October 6, 2014. Nature Zen: Audio Library of Nature
• October 1, 2014. Caffeinated Underpants Won’t Make Your Butt Smaller
• September 29, 2014. Pubic Lice: Still NOT Going Extinct
• September 16, 2014. It’s Ask a Curator Day

• September 12, 2014. International Rock Flipping Day
• September 11, 2014. Never Touch Anything That Looks Like Donald Trump’s Hair
• September 9, 2014. How to Get Away With Murder (in theory)
• September 4, 2014. Have the Vikings built a Thunderdome for Migratory Birds?
• August 25, 2014. Nature Zen: Blue Bees
• August 12, 2014. The Secret Bataclysm: White Nose Syndrome
• August 4, 2014. Don’t Drink the Water … In Lake Erie
• July 30, 2014. Dark Data, Amber, and Attenborough
• July 24, 2014. A Beetle With a Raspberry Beret

• July 22, 2014. They’re Here: Massive Mayfly Emergence in Wisconsin
• July 17, 2014. Sharks Aren’t in the Great Lakes, but Testicle-Nipping Fish Are
• July 14, 2014. Moth Week Is Coming
• July 10, 2014. Art, Science, and an Insect Renaissance
• July 3, 2014. Celebrate the 4th of July Because…Horse Flies
• July 2, 2014. The Spider-Eating Bone-House Wasp
• June 29, 2014. Bug, Live and In-Person
• June 23, 2014. Nature Zen: Orchid Bees are SHINY
• June 18, 2014. Tequila, Booze, and Bats
• June 17, 2014. National Zoo Suddenly Closes Invertebrate Exhibit

• June 12, 2014. What is Pollination, anyway?
• June 9, 2014. Nature Zen: A Wee planthopper
• June 6, 2014. What Can You Do About Bed Bugs in Your Laptop?
• June 5, 2014. How to Search Your Hotel Room for Bed BugsY
• June 4, 2014. Tainted Love: FDA Recalls your Ant Mojo
• June 2, 2014. Nature Zen: Fireflies
• May 30, 2014. Bats Have Sparkly Poop
• May 26, 2014. Nature Zen: Something Weevil This Way Comes
• May 23, 2014. They’re Here: Lake Flies Have Emerged
• May 20, 2014. Will We Still Have Fruit if Bees Die Off?

• May 19, 2014. Monday Nature Zen: Monkey Hoppers
• May 16, 2014. Repellent Clothing Protects You From Ticks
• May 12, 2014. Monday NatureZen: Moths Cosplaying as Wasps
• May 10, 2014. Native Bees Increase Blueberry Crop Yields
• May 7, 2014. Return of the Dancing Peacock Spiders (Hold me closer, tiny dancer)
• May 5, 2014. Monday Nature Zen: The Not-Actually-A-Wasp Moth.
• April 23, 2014. Spider Vision Made Clear
• April 18, 2014. Adorable Bees That Live Inside Snail Shells
• April 15, 2014. Maggots Bring the Heat
• April 11, 2014. Smoking Bed Bugs Will Not Get You High
• April 10, 2014. Giant Predatory Ants
• March 22, 2014. Gardening for the Bees
• March 14, 2014. Saint Urho, Grasshoppers, and Wine
• March 12, 2014. Parasitic Junk in Your Trunk
• March 7, 2014. What Do You Do With Crystallized Honey?
• March 5, 2014. Women Work to Save Native Bees of Mexico
• February 26, 2014. Split Ends, Conditioners, and Head Lice
• February 21, 2014. This Might Be the Weirdest Mite You’ve Ever Seen
• February 17, 2014. Free eBook about Ants
• February 11, 2014. I Promise: Spiders are Not Trying to Kill You
• February 4, 2014. Sticky: New Animated Film Will Break Your Heart
• January 31, 2014. Paleofantasy, Silent Crickets, and Marlene Zuk
• January 29, 2014. CDC Warning on Misuse of Pest Strips
• January 28, 2014. CDC Report: Injuries related to Bed Bug Treatments
• January 23, 2014. Alien Moths Are Coming for Your Nuts
• January 14, 2014. Snow Fleas
• January 9, 2014. The Infested Mind
• January 8, 2014. New Species of Peacock Spider Dances for You (And Sex)
• January 3, 2014. Doctor Who and Spider Phobia
• December 31, 2013. The Mad Hatterpillar

• December 26, 2013. This Wasp-Eating Falcon Laughs at Your Puny Stings
• December 17, 2013. Inflatable Moth Butt Featherdusters
• December 10, 2013. Here Be Dragons
• December 9, 2013. Google Honors Grace Hopper…and a “bug”
• December 5, 2013. Noah’s Extremely Bad Animal Husbandry Advice
• November 29, 2013. Black Fly Day
• November 26, 2013. Ag Extension, NIFA, the Farm Bill, and You
• November 20, 2013. Luminous Beauty: The Secret World of Fluorescent Arthropods
• November 18, 2013. New EPA Graphic Proposed for Insect Repellents
• November 16, 2013. Hummingbird Banding Is Like Holding Magic

• October 31, 2013. Why “Kill It With Fire” Is a Terrible, Terrible Idea
• October 28, 2013. Lou Reed Lives on…in a spider
• October 23, 2013. You Are Within 6 Feet of a Spider Right Now
• October 20, 2013. Arachtober Surprise: “Big Ass Spider!”
• October 18, 2013. Happy Arachtober! There Are Spiders in Your Car
• October 9, 2013. Alien Invasion: Stink Bugs Are Coming
• October 7, 2013. When Crime Scene Evidence Crawls Away
• October 2, 2013. Federal Shutdown for Conservation and Ag Science?

Entomology Today

• March 17, 2020. Learning at Home With Bugs
• November 13, 2018. How to Make Your Bug Info Invasive on Social Media
• November 4, 2017. How to talk to a reporter about Entomology
• February 18, 2014. Free Books about Ants
• September 15, 2014. A Tour of Portland with the Bug Chicks
• November 16, 2014. Educator Workshop in Entomology
• November 25, 2014. 5 Ways to Improve Your Science Writing
• November 18, 2013. Interview with Shelah Morita on Science Policy and Entomology
• November 12, 2013. Art, Science, and Insects
• November 11, 2013. Breakfast, Women in Entomology, and a Revolution
• November 10, 2013. 1,300 People Attend the 2013 Austin Insect Rodeo

Nature

• December 19, 2012: Planet of the Apps: Social media, Outreach, and Your Research.