Welcome back to the Lab! As we move into summer, I’ve decided to take a break from writing Notes from the Lab while I focus on our exciting summer programs. […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Since 2015, our colony of walking sticks, Medauroidea extradentata, have been reproducing via parthenogenesis (cloning), resulting in an all-female colony of clones. This method of reproduction is […]

Welcome back to the Lab! In 2020, MBHI began a partnership with the DNA Learning Center at Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory in Long Island. This partnership is part of an ongoing, […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Striders, skeeters, skippers, water bugs, pond skaters, or Jesus bugs; these predacious, aquatic insects go many common names and are some of the first insects to show up when […]

Welcome back to the Lab! Early spring in Montana can be a major gamble when it comes to weather. If you’re like me, you put all your eggs into your spring […]

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 […]