I have worked on the behavior and natural history of diverse organisms, and have generally allowed them to guide me to interesting questions rather than attempting to impose my own pre-planned questions on them. Other than a general emphasis on natural selection, behavior and its functions, and...
My colleagues and I bring field-collected leaf beetles (principally Cassidinae sensu lato) into the lab to more carefully observe and photograph feeding behavior and to archive the various immature stages for systematic morphological study. Insects are labeled and stored in ethanol at -20C and...
Lower atmospheric carbon and cooler temperatures may have contributed to the domestication of corn, a new study shows.
Researchers find genetically modified pollen from soybeans in otherwise GMO-free Mexican honey.
The tiny female fig wasp carries a huge burden but cutting corners may not be worth the risk.
A coral die-off in Panama was likely due to oxygen depletion instead of the usual culprits of warming, pollution, overfishing and acidification.
Deployed from Greenland to Australia, caterpillar decoys were attacked the closer they were to sea level and the nearer they were to the tropics.
The ecologist who leads ForestGEO’s ecosystems and climate initiative visits STRI and discusses her plans to tackle millions of tree measurements taken across the globe.
A new study raises questions about how a common beach creature will sustain its populations if temperature swings become greater in the future.
In a remote Bolivian forest, a Smithsonian researcher discovers the first beetle species that live on orchids.
