FINE stands for Fabulous, Interesting, Novel & Exciting.
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| A female Velvet Ant; males have wings. (photo by Don Hunter) |
This is the time of year to look for Velvet Ants – wasps that look like large, fuzzy, red and black ants. But in the Mojave Desert some Velvet Ants look like the seeds of creosote bush. Why?
How a beetle evolved to look (and smell) like an ant.
How predictable is evolution? An ant-loving beetle holds answers. (A longer article about rove beetles)
When danger threatens, use your head.
Like the poker-playing dog that drew to an inside straight, sometimes you have to be amazed that it is done at all, even if done imperfectly. A Flying snake video. And an article about flying snakes.
Did you ever recite a little ditty as you watched a Ladybug fly from your hand?
"Ladybug, ladybug
Fly away home
Your house is on fire
And your children will burn"
If you watched it fly away you might not have noticed where the wings appeared from. In case you didn't, here is the amazing secret.
