Blog Archive: entomology

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Posted Tue, 03/06/2018 - 12:01pm

Zombie Ants

Researchers discuss zombies: The real, the fake, and their significance in science and culture.

Posted Wed, 05/18/2022 - 3:19pm

NHMU Director Jason Cryan is a world expert on treehoppers, and now he has one named after him.

Posted Wed, 06/09/2021 - 1:59pm

The Western Firefly Project has been tracking lightning bug hotspots beyond the Beehive State.

Posted Wed, 06/02/2021 - 12:34pm

The Western Firefly Project is finding lightning bugs in unexpected places.

Posted Wed, 01/06/2021 - 8:29pm

Experts are starting to realize that North America is home to an unexpected diversity of leech species.

Posted Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:52am

Humans aren't the only farmers. Ants have evolved to cultivate their own crops.

Posted Fri, 11/13/2020 - 11:09am

Children - as well as adults - can benefit from coloring outside the lines and playing in the mud.

Posted Tue, 06/09/2020 - 12:57pm

NHMU Director Jason Cryan discovered a new insect in museum collections, and the species wasn't seen again for 20 years.

Posted Sat, 06/01/2019 - 8:05am

Lightning bugs aren't a rarity in the Beehive State. They're all over.

Posted Wed, 08/08/2018 - 1:31pm

Emily Szalay, a preparator with the Natural History Museum of Utah, has made a super-sized version of a lightning bug.