One thing I love about Twitter is the random calls for research materials, like from biologists who need roadkill.

An older comic about mate choice.

Austin wastewater still showing a lot of Covid out there. biobot.io/data/#county-4…

Very pleased to have contributed the cover image to this hilarious new Ze Frank video.

New research on ants has produced a treasure map for finding hidden biodiversity among other small-range species.

Learn more in this week’s issue of Science Advances: fcld.ly/bq412s1

Please read this incredibly well-researched, thoughtful, and compelling Bloomberg story by Claire Suddath about what it's like to give birth and take care of people giving birth in rural West Texas. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Great news! My paper wasp photo was selected for a full-page placement in next year's Entomological Society of America calendar! This photo is fun because you can see all the kids developing in their nest cells.
Polistes aterrimus, El Septimo Paraiso Lodge, Ecuador

Might give you gas, though.

What if someone who did something momentarily embarrassing wished for the earth to swallow them and it actually did.