Whit Gibbons, Herpetologist and Author
ECOTOURS OFFER NATURAL HISTORY EXPERIENCES I received the following message: “ We found a painted ant-nest frog today, a peculiar frog with an incredible natural history. Once thought to be a species belonging to the group of poisonous dart frogs, … Continued
VELVET ANTS CAN DELIVER A PAINFUL STING The email from Trip Lamb, biology professor at Eastern Carolina University, said, “As a velvet ant sting survivor, you may appreciate the attached.” The attachment was a scientific paper titled “The Indestructible Insect: … Continued
SPRING IS A GOOD TIME FOR BUG THERAPY Adults who don’t think some children spend far too much time on their cell phones are probably too engaged with their own cell phones to notice. I’m not sure those adults can … Continued
SCORPIONS GLOW IN THE DARK I recently received a question about the use of technology in ecological research, which led to a discussion about blacklights. I wrote a column 5 years ago about a nighttime adventure in a southwestern desert … Continued
CAN A CENTIPEDE HURT YOU? I turned over a log in the woods last week and was pleased to see nearly two dozen pairs of bright red legs disappear beneath the leaves: a centipede. I immediately thought of three questions … Continued