Welcome back to the Lab! In response to our recent series on classroom insects, we received a question regarding yet another type of insect that is popular for its use in gardens. The […]

Welcome back to the Lab! What did you have for breakfast this morning? Cereal? Eggo waffles? Pan-fried scorpion? If consuming insects has never crossed your mind, then you’d be considered […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Hello Bug Friends! Carolyn Taber, MBHI’s Museum Educator, here. I recently returned from spending a week in sunny (and buggy!) Hawaii with my extended family […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Last week, we began what will ultimately be a multiple-part series on keeping insects in the classroom (though these primers can easily be applied to […]

Welcome back to the Lab! It probably comes as no surprise that we highly encourage using invertebrates as teaching tools for a wide range of scientific subjects, from physiology to […]

Welcome back to the Lab! At the start of winter, we discussed freeze avoidance, an overwintering strategy where insects prevent ice from forming inside their bodies through a variety of strategies. Now, with […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Whether you were celebrating Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or boycotting the entire first half of February, chances are, you’ve consumed chocolate in some form or another. Chocolate […]

Welcome back to the Lab! The winter Olympics are in full swing, testing the the worlds best athletes with feats of strength, endurance, and precision. But how would these athletes […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Arthropods are some of the oldest living animals on the planet. That is to say, they appear in the fossil record before any other land […]

Welcome back to the Lab! As the designated “bug person” in my circle of family and friends, it probably comes as no surprise that I often receive texts asking for bug-related […]