This past Friday, I performed at the Sacramento Comedy Spot (in , uh, Sacramento, CA). To promote the show, I made an early morning appearance on a local TV show, “Good Day, Sacramento.” I said, “Good day!” We talked about science and comedy and insect photography. They even pulled up my photo blog: InsectPaparazzi.com . …
If you know me, you know I like my insect photography. I primarily shoot (and release) live insects. But who amongst us hasn’t seen a dead bug posing while reposing in death and felt the need to capture that macabre Kodak moment? If my eyes are the only eyes of the universe to observe this …
For our newest video for Time.com, I visited an old friend, Norm Gershenz of SaveNature.org, to discuss some of their programs for raising awareness and saving precious habitats that are home to strange and beautiful creatures like the giant thorny phasmid. Find out more about the Insect Discovery Lab and how you can bring it …
Dr. Richard Harrington, vice-president of the UK’s Royal Entomological Society, bought a fossilized insect on eBay and it turned out to be a previously unknown species of aphid. He bought the insect, which was encased in a 40-50 million-year-old piece of amber, for £20 (about $37). “It’s a rather unusual route to come by (a …
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