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This Frog Just Wants Love. Instead He Gets The Kiss of Death From A Bat
Poor tiny túngara frog just wants to find a lover. Sitting in the prettiest pond-shallow he can find, he whines...
40 Below? Bring In Your Polar Bear, But Don’t Worry About the Bats
Sunday afternoon, I curled up with a blanket, a dog and a mug of tea and watched a foot of...
Of Squirrels and Men: How We Moved Squirrels Into Our Cities
It’s hard to imagine, but before the nineteenth century, there were no squirrels in Central Park or Harvard Square or...
Would You Like Flies With That?
As a courtesy to bug-phobes, some of the more lurid images in this post will be hidden until and unless...
‘Blind As A Bat’ Isn’t Blind At All
Despite the idiom to the contrary, bats are not blind — they have excellent vision. But they own the night...
Eeks of the Week: Killing Snakes Can Be A Good Thing, But Culling Bats Is Bad
For nearly 50 years, vampire bats in the Amazon have been indiscriminately killed as farmers and public health officials try...
Spiders In Your Fruit: A Good Thing
As a courtesy to bug-phobes, some of the more lurid images in this post will be hidden until and unless...
Wind Turbines Kill More Than 600,000 Bats A Year. What Should We Do?
If you comb the ground beneath a wind turbine, you may not find anything out of the ordinary. Dead birds...
Eek Week: Why Bats Are Friends
The other day, I bought a green tinsel bat at Target for $1. I noticed it when I saw a...
Eek Week: Spider Venom Could Make You and Your Dog Feel Great
As a courtesy to bug-phobes, some of the more lurid images in this post will be hidden until and unless...
