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Recreational Acumen of Bumble Bees: A Study Unveils Their Cognitive Abilities But will they get their own cable channel?

Be a part of my focus group! Shape the future of science education! Win great priz---oh, well, actually not that. :D Anyway, in this thread http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33309 from a while back, i had a long discussion about how to design a process to get...

My brother found a cocoon on his car tire a while ago and the inhabitant just recently emerged as a Cecropia Moth, the largest moth in North America. I took some close-ups of it, but wasn't overly happy with the results, I would have liked to get a better shot of its face but it was partially...

I found this May Beetle on my porch when I went to get the paper this morning and then spent over an hour taking pictures of it. I didn't expect the hair on its underside: Don't forget to hit the F11 key for better viewing. If I take any more insect photos I'll put them in this thread.

My wife and I found this little insect crawling near the window sill of our bedroom. I searched all through my Audobon Field Guide, and I can't find anything close. He was about a quarter inch long. He was bright orange with black markings, and there were little bits of white. I could see no...