This Side of Science

After consulting the Great Pollinator Project, I discovered that a behemoth bee I caught this summer is a Giant Resin Bee.  This species, native to Asia, first arrived in North Carolina and have since moved north as far as Canada, and as far west as Kansas. Though they appear dangerous, they are actually rather docile [...]

The frogs of the Calaveras County Fair jumping-frog competition, regularly out-jump those in laboratory tests. So a group of researchers studied footage from the event to better understand the bio mechanics of a jumping frog. Below is a link to the full story on ScienceNews, which unfortunately failed to mention the participation of Larry the [...]