Writing Portfolio

​

Highlights Magazine

• May 2024. 5 Questions for a Bug Scientist. p. 28.

• April 2023. Spotlight: Camo Caterpillars. 78(4): pp. 20-21.

• October 2022. Spotlight: Glowworm.  77(10): pp. 20-21.

• March 2022. Spotlight: Weaver Ants.  77(3): pp. 20-21.

Science

• February 16, 2017. Want to repel mosquitoes? Don’t use citronella candles

• Dec. 14, 2016. Glowworms harness a surprising ingredient to keep their threads sticky

Washington Post

• July 22, 2016. Tick season is here, and it’s time to learn how to stop the suckers

• November 23, 2015. New technique unlocks the mystery meats used to make ‘uterine vellum’ for ancient books

• October 29, 2015. Cases of these horrifying, 31-inch parasites are dropping sharply

WIRED.com

• January 19, 2016. Just Give Up. It’s Impossible to Bug-Proof Your Home

• December 19, 2015. Reindeer Bot Flies Are Not Particularly Festive

• December 8, 2015. This Bug Has Heard All Your Jokes About Its Head Already

• December 3, 2015. Remain Calm: Kissing Bugs Are Not Invading the US.

• November 3, 2015. Hey Guess What Killing Bugs With Fire Is Still a Bad Idea.

• October 21, 2015. These Lovely Birds Do More Than Sing—They Sleep Around

• October 12, 2015. These Adorable Owls Will Not Kill You With Plague

• September 24, 2015. Bee Tongues and Flowers Reveal Evolution in Overdrive

• September 17, 2015. What Does the Giraffe Say? Scientists Find the Answer

• September 10, 2015. You Know What Makes Great Food Coloring? Bugs

• September 2, 2015. Royal Jelly Isn’t What Makes a Queen Bee a Queen Bee

• August 25, 2015. Millipede Genitals, Now in Glorious 3-D!

• August 21, 2015. Here’s How Burners Can Prepare for the Bugpocalypse

• July 17, 2015. Let’s Nerd Out About Ants Before You See Ant-Man

• June 24, 2015. Silent and Deadly: Fatal Farts Immobilize Prey

• June 17, 2015. Bugging Out: The Must-Read Insect Books of the Summer

• June 8, 2015. The Ants That Smell Like Blue Cheese—Or Is That Pine-Sol?

• May 27, 2015. 6 Extra Pairs of Genitals Is Just Too Much of a Good Thing

• May 20, 2015. These Insects Decorate Their Butts With Waxy Sculptures

• May 15, 2015. 130-MPH Spring-Loaded Jaws Help These Ants Escape Predators

• May 4, 2015. Bees Are Great at Pollinating Flowers—But So Are Vibrators

• April 29, 2015. You’re Worrying About the Wrong Bees

• March 30, 2015. Glowing Tampons Help Detect Sewage Leaks

• March 26, 2015. Dragonflies: Masters of Air and Water

• March 18, 2015. Pesticides and Bees: It’s Complex

• March 12, 2015. Road Salt is Polluting our Rivers

• March 2, 2015. Plague, Fleas, and the Rats of New York City

• February 16, 2015. GMO Spider Venom May Be the Next Viagra

• February 9, 2015. 50 Shades of WRONG: Disturbing Insect Sex

• January 22, 2015. How Flies Fly

• January 21, 2015. Caterpillars from China’s Rain Forest

• January 13, 2015. DIY Bot Fly

• January 7, 2015. 33 Million Things: The Secret World of Museums

• December 29, 2014. Building a Better Bed Bug Trap

• December 22, 2014. How Butterflies Get Their Shine

• December 9, 2014. Nature Nerd Holiday Gift Guide

• December 2, 2014. Giant Stick Insects from Vietnam

• November 18, 2014. Bed Bugs Won’t Give You Chagas Disease (probably)

• November 14, 2014. Glowing Predatory Insect Graboids

• November 6, 2014. When Did Insects Evolve?

• November 4, 2014. Horny Deer Make November Driving Risky

• October 31, 2014. 4-Acre Spider Web Engulfs Building

• October 30, 2014. Happy Arachtober: Spider Cthulhu

• October 21, 2014. A Velvet Worm Named for Totoro

• October 13, 2014. Essential Oils Fail at Killing Bed Bugs

• October 9, 2014. Do a Big Sit For Birds

• October 6, 2014. Nature Zen: Audio Library of Nature

• October 1, 2014. Caffeinated Underpants Won’t Make Your Butt Smaller

• September 29, 2014. Pubic Lice: Still NOT Going Extinct

• September 16, 2014. It’s Ask a Curator Day

• September 12, 2014. International Rock Flipping Day

• September 11, 2014. Never Touch Anything That Looks Like Donald Trump’s Hair

• September 9, 2014. How to Get Away With Murder (in theory)

• September 4, 2014. Have the Vikings built a Thunderdome for Migratory Birds?

• August 28, 2014. You've got Face Mites

• August 25, 2014. Nature Zen: Blue Bees

• August 12, 2014. The Secret Bataclysm: White Nose Syndrome

• August 4, 2014. Don’t Drink the Water … In Lake Erie

• July 30, 2014. Dark Data, Amber, and Attenborough

• July 24, 2014. A Beetle With a Raspberry Beret

• July 22, 2014. They’re Here: Massive Mayfly Emergence in Wisconsin

• July 17, 2014. Sharks Aren’t in the Great Lakes, but Testicle-Nipping Fish Are

• July 14, 2014. Moth Week Is Coming

• July 10, 2014. Art, Science, and an Insect Renaissance

• July 3, 2014. Celebrate the 4th of July Because…Horse Flies

• July 2, 2014. The Spider-Eating Bone-House Wasp

• June 29, 2014. Bug, Live and In-Person

• June 23, 2014. Nature Zen: Orchid Bees are SHINY

• June 18, 2014. Tequila, Booze, and Bats

• June 17, 2014. National Zoo Suddenly Closes Invertebrate Exhibit

• June 12, 2014. What is Pollination, anyway?

• June 9, 2014. Nature Zen: A Wee planthopper

• June 6, 2014. What Can You Do About Bed Bugs in Your Laptop?

• June 5, 2014. How to Search Your Hotel Room for Bed Bugs

• June 4, 2014. Tainted Love: FDA Recalls your Ant Mojo

• June 2, 2014. Nature Zen: Fireflies

• May 30, 2014. Bats Have Sparkly Poop

• May 26, 2014. Nature Zen: Something Weevil This Way Comes

• May 23, 2014. They’re Here: Lake Flies Have Emerged

• May 20, 2014. Will We Still Have Fruit if Bees Die Off?

• May 19, 2014. Monday Nature Zen: Monkey Hoppers

• May 16, 2014. Repellent Clothing Protects You From Ticks

• May 12, 2014. Monday NatureZen: Moths Cosplaying as Wasps

• May 10, 2014. Native Bees Increase Blueberry Crop Yields

• May 7, 2014. Return of the Dancing Peacock Spiders (Hold me closer, tiny dancer)

• May 5, 2014. Monday Nature Zen: The Not-Actually-A-Wasp Moth.

• April 23, 2014. Spider Vision Made Clear

• April 18, 2014. Adorable Bees That Live Inside Snail Shells

• April 15, 2014. Maggots Bring the Heat

• April 11, 2014. Smoking Bed Bugs Will Not Get You High

• April 10, 2014. Giant Predatory Ants

• March 22, 2014. Gardening for the Bees

• March 14, 2014. Saint Urho, Grasshoppers, and Wine

• March 12, 2014. Parasitic Junk in Your Trunk

• March 7, 2014. What Do You Do With Crystallized Honey?

• March 5, 2014. Women Work to Save Native Bees of Mexico

• February 26, 2014. Split Ends, Conditioners, and Head Lice

• February 21, 2014. This Might Be the Weirdest Mite You’ve Ever Seen

• February 17, 2014. Free eBook about Ants

• February 11, 2014. I Promise: Spiders are Not Trying to Kill You

• February 4, 2014. Sticky: New Animated Film Will Break Your Heart

• January 31, 2014. Paleofantasy, Silent Crickets, and Marlene Zuk

• January 29, 2014. CDC Warning on Misuse of Pest Strips

• January 28, 2014. CDC Report: Injuries related to Bed Bug Treatments

• January 23, 2014. Alien Moths Are Coming for Your Nuts

• January 14, 2014. Snow Fleas

• January 9, 2014. The Infested Mind

• January 8, 2014. New Species of Peacock Spider Dances for You (And Sex)

• January 3, 2014. Doctor Who and Spider Phobia

• December 31, 2013. The Mad Hatterpillar

• December 26, 2013. This Wasp-Eating Falcon Laughs at Your Puny Stings

• December 17, 2013. Inflatable Moth Butt Featherdusters

• December 10, 2013. Here Be Dragons

• December 9, 2013. Google Honors Grace Hopper…and a “bug”

• December 5, 2013. Noah’s Extremely Bad Animal Husbandry Advice

• November 29, 2013. Black Fly Day

• November 26, 2013. Ag Extension, NIFA, the Farm Bill, and You

• November 20, 2013. Luminous Beauty: The Secret World of Fluorescent Arthropods

• November 18, 2013. New EPA Graphic Proposed for Insect Repellents

• November 16, 2013. Hummingbird Banding Is Like Holding Magic

• October 31, 2013. Why “Kill It With Fire” Is a Terrible, Terrible Idea

• October 28, 2013. Lou Reed Lives on…in a spider

• October 23, 2013. You Are Within 6 Feet of a Spider Right Now

• October 20, 2013. Arachtober Surprise: “Big Ass Spider!”

• October 18, 2013. Happy Arachtober! There Are Spiders in Your Car

• October 9, 2013. Alien Invasion: Stink Bugs Are Coming

• October 7, 2013. When Crime Scene Evidence Crawls Away

• October 2, 2013. Federal Shutdown for Conservation and Ag Science?

Entomology Today

• March 17, 2020. Learning at Home With Bugs

• November 13, 2018. How to Make Your Bug Info Invasive on Social Media

• November 4, 2017. How to talk to a reporter about Entomology

• February 18, 2014. Free Books about Ants

• September 15, 2014. A Tour of Portland with the Bug Chicks

• November 16, 2014. Educator Workshop in Entomology

• November 25, 2014. 5 Ways to Improve Your Science Writing

• November 18, 2013. Interview with Shelah Morita on Science Policy and Entomology

• November 12, 2013. Art, Science, and Insects

• November 11, 2013. Breakfast, Women in Entomology, and a Revolution

• November 10, 2013. 1,300 People Attend the 2013 Austin Insect Rodeo

Nature

• December 19, 2012: Planet of the Apps: Social media, Outreach, and Your Research.