Boxelder bugs (Boisea trivittata) ward off pathogens with sunbaking.

This fish has a see-through head.

230 million year old insects and mites preserved in amber.

Rootworm populations have developed resistance to genetically modified Bt-corn. Scary, since so much of our pest management for cotton relies on Bt modification. Monsanto has extremely strict guidelines for farmers in place (eg mandated refugia) to help prevent the evolution of resistance in cotton pests, so I wonder what has happened with the corn?

Do animals mourn their dead?

This weevil wants you to think it’s a fly.