Buzz Of The Week

Every week or so, this page will feature an insect-related link to another website that is fun, interesting, intriguing, humorous, or all of the above. Check this page every week for the latest buzz.

This 90-second video shows a bee which launches itself from a flower in ultra-slow motion, allowing the viewer to see the wings moving.
According to the BBC, "Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse...
The Miami Science Museum is offering visitors a rare opportunity to learn more about the mysterious world of crime scene investigation with its new...
This week, we launched the ESA YouTube Channel with two videos featuring ESA President Marlin Rice. In the first video, Dr. Rice talks about the...
This NOVA documentary on the Monarch butterfly traces their journey from Lake Huron to Mexico and back. It is divided into six chapters, all of which...
This week, NOVA will air "Lord of the Ants," featuring Dr. E.O Wilson, an ESA Fellow, Pullitzer Prize winning author, and Harvard professor. The...
A new exhibit, "Farmers, Warriors, Builders: The Hidden Life of Ants," opened recently at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C....
This two-minute news clip featuring scientists from the University of Texas shows how parasitic flies turn fire ants into "zombies." ESA member...
This ten-minute documentary explores the life of Senekerim Dohanian, a USDA entomologist from 1915-1959 who was instrumental in developing biological...
Andrew Read and Matthew Thomas, Penn State entomologists, appear in this video, explaining methods of mosquito control, including one using a...