Welcome back to the Field! Summer may be kicking into high gear, but our malaise trap survey is winding down for the season. To give you a refresher on what […]
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Notes from the Lab: Dairying Ants
Welcome to the Lab! It’s another season of Barcoding US Ants, our collaborative community science project with the DNA Learning Center in Long Island. After spending last summer searching for ants, it […]
Read MoreNotes from BUG CAMP!
Welcome to BUG CAMP! It’s officially camp season for MBHI and many other organizations around town, and while I don’t spend my whole summer as a camp educator, I get the opportunity every […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Montana Fireflies
Welcome Back to the Lab! We’ve entered, what is in my opinion, prime bug season. Hikes are unbearable for my friends and family, as we can’t make it two feet without […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Celebrity Bugs, Part 2
Welcome Back to the Lab! Call the paparazzi and break out your VIP pass, it’s time for Celebrity Bugs, Part 2: Musician Edition! (With a surprise guest appearance at the end!) Kaikaia […]
Read MoreNotes from the Field: Pokin’ in the Mud
Welcome Back to the Field! Field season continues for MBHI, and this week, I had the opportunity to revisit our field site at Rock Creek for the second year of insect […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Cicadamania
Welcome Back to the Lab! As Brood X continues their steady upward march on the east coast, CicadaMania is well underway across the US. If you’re like me, and you don’t live […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Brood X
Welcome Back to the Lab! They’re here! Well, not here, here. But in the eastern United States, Brood X is finally emerging from their 17-year development to wreak havoc on outdoor picnics and interrupt […]
Read MoreNotes from the Lab: Celebrity Bugs
Welcome Back to the Lab! With all the buzz surrounding the Missoula Butterfly House lately, it’s hard not to feel a little like celebrities. After our most successful Missoula Gives campaign EVER, the launch of […]
Read MoreNotes from the Field: Tick Season PSA
Welcome Back to the Field! Before we launch into today’s Notes from the Field, Missoula Gives starts at 5:00PM today! We’ve got a $25,000 goal with an incredible $75,000 matching challenge […]
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