Plasmodium gets caught in the fight betwen mosquitoes and their gutflora.

I haven’t been blogging that much lately, and to be honest with you it’s a 50/50 combination between blogger’s block and a heavy workload…I’ve been working 60 hours a week while studying for the GRE, looking for graduate school positions and having something resembling a social life. Still, though…I’ve been keeping up on my reading. [...]

Fun facts about bananas and bees.

Bananas…great for you, but not if you’re a beekeeper. Bananas and bees have something in common…and it’s really odd.

Torchwood: Children of Earth

Yeah…it’s a guilty pleasure, I’ll admit. Torchwood, Dr. Who’s spinoff is a lot darker and a lot more adult-oriented than is Dr. Who but it still has some some fairly good storylines that examine some parts of human nature by testing different members of the team. The new season looks interesting, even though it’s drawn [...]

Quite possibly the most incredible video I’ve ever seen.

Courtesy of Beetles in the Bush, I bring you a video of parasitic was development from inside a caterpillar. I also bring you a great opportunity to discuss wasp biology. A lot of people think parasites are just these idle, simple degenerate creatures. Hell…there’s an entire talkorigins page chastising creationists for touting them as ‘degenerate [...]

Native aquatic insects may save lives.

Conservation is very important, even something as seemingly insignificant as insects. Most people don’t realize exactly how important bees are to our everyday activities, and most people certainly don’t think twice about those strange black and white bugs they find in their pool. However, a study that came out in the most recent issue of [...]

Finals over!

Finally…finals are over. Don’t get me wrong…I love school. I’m exactly where I want to be, doing exactly what I want to do. I love everything about studying entomology. It’s a great subject, it’s an important subject and my professors are awesome. That being said, finals absolutely suck. It’s all cool, though. I know I [...]

Awesome graph.

see more Funny Graphs This is pretty accurate. One child dies of malaria every 30 seconds on average.

Native bees…good for the economy.

Most folks associate bees with honey production because that’s the bee product they’re most familiar with. Believe it or not, most of the stuff you have in your fridge is just as much the product of apiculture. Most of the money brought in by beekeepers doesn’t actually come from honey-that’s a very common misconception. Instead, [...]