Writing Portfolio: Chronological Order
Highlights Magazine
Science
Washington Post
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
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
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