The warmer months of the year are busy for animals; a time to feed and breed. Wildlife seems to be everywhere, even in urban and suburban areas. But as the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, the insects, birds…
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Crypto zoology is often disparaged as myth peddling rather than a science. It is often coupled with the paranormal, in all its various guises including those that are shorthand for hoaxes. The word Crypto zoology comes from the Greek; crypto…
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A fact of life has always been death and for several millenniums humanity has observed certain physical aspects of death which occur in a predictable manner. This predictability has allowed humans to have tools to come to conclusions about how…
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The Secret Life of Insects Blood splatter patterns, DNA profiling, bite marks, and ballistics. Each of these has played an important part of forensic criminology within the past few years. One forgotten aspect of forensics is forensic entomology (American Board…
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The largest, most diverse phylum of animals is the Arthropoda. The name means jointed legs and all the animals in this group share that characteristic along with an exoskeleton. There are some other common Arthropod characteristics as well. They are…
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Big, slow-moving, amazingly camouflaged to look like leaves and sticks, the Phasmatids are appropriately known as leaf and stick insects. They are so well camouflaged that even though some of them are among the largest living insects, they are seldom…
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Insects can fill one with revulsion. They can spread disease from which millions of creatures die every minute. There would be no life on earth without them. These three facts summarize what insects do, but these are only three primary…
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First of all it should be pointed out that there is confusion with language use when discussing turtles. American English tends to use ‘turtle’ for all chelonians. British English distinguishes between tortoises, turtles and terrapins, with turtle only being used…
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The Psilotum species of ferns are commonly known as the whisk fern. Its scientific name is Psilotum nudum. The name Psilotum comes from the Greek word “psilos” which means bare and nudum from the latin word for naked, nude.. This…
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Being amphibians, frogs live on land and in water. Because they can survive in both environments they have an anatomy that is very different. Their bodies are divided into 3 main parts: The head, the neck, and the trunk. They…
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