Month: February 2018

The first sign of CLB activity in the spring is adult feeding damage on the plant foliage. Adult injury is characterized by elongated, slender…

Found on coral and rocky reefs as well as on sandy, muddy and weedy bottoms. Colour can vary from white to yellow, orange or…

A “gold bug” or “golden lady bug” are common descriptions of someone first seeing one of the golden colored tortoise beetles. They have a…

This devilish-looking creature was discovered by researchers for the Census of Marine Life in the Gulf of Mexico at a depth of 2,750 meters…

You’d think a cat whose ancestors come from the North Country would be equipped with a warm coat. But the modern-day Canadian Sphynx—the hairless…

When they hatch, sea angel larvae do have an embryonic shell, but they discard it within a few days. Their lack of shell is…

Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are near-microscopic animals with long, plump bodies and scrunched-up heads. They have eight legs, and hands…