On an early December morning, while camping on the grounds of the historic Binna Burra lodge, an ecotourism lodge located just outside the Woonoongoora Lamington National Park in tropical North […]

With Christmas in the rearview, it’s time to set our resolutions and prepare for the New Year ahead. Insects are the lasting representation of rebirth and renewal in cultures across […]

Christmas is just around the corner, so as part of our yearly tradition, we’re telling one of our favorite insect folktales: the Legend of the Christmas Spider. This Eastern European […]

Did your toast land butter-side down this morning? For many, today’s ominous date invokes a sense of unease, throwing superstitious folks into a state of cautious awareness as they navigate […]

Bug Wrangler Brenna here with a special edition of Notes from the Lab. I’m the type of person who goes full bore into the holidays, and unfortunately, the common cold […]

It is only relatively recently that humans have been able to ride out the depths of winter in comfort; we may lament the waning daylight and employ modern solutions to […]

Thanksgiving is behind us, but here at MBHI, we’re thankful for bugs year-round. And that means all bugs, not just the charismatic butterflies and charming honeybees. We’re thankful for the […]

The newest butterfly house arrivals are generating a lot of buzz, but it’s not a new species of moth or butterfly. Last Friday, we welcomed the first vertebrates to our […]

If you hop on a plane from Missoula, fly 15 hours (with two layovers) to Lima, Peru, drive 20 hours up the coast, take a small ferry across the Rio Chinchipe, […]

Welcome back to the Lab! We’ve all been there; contentedly enjoying a summer afternoon, traipsing across the lawn in bare feet when: boom. Bee underfoot. A yelp is issued. Obscenities are […]