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Special Guests

A yellow-spotted millipede crawls across green moss and a small branch, its glossy black segmented body with bright yellow spots visible in close-up detail
The Secret Life of Millipedes
Close-up of a solifuge (camel spider) on sandy, rocky ground, showing its orange head, large forward-facing jaws, and segmented body
Speedy, Hairy, and Harmless: Solifuges
Researcher wearing a wide-brimmed hat kneels in a grassy field, assembling monitoring equipment beside a laptop on a small table
Where the Wind Blows: Does wind speed affect overwintering monarchs?
Artist Jane Kim, wearing overalls and a hard hat, stands on a ladder painting a monarch wing mural
Walls That Speak: Inspiring Conservation Through Art
Mountain snail with a light grey shell on a gray rock near moss
Adaptations at Altitude: The Biology of Mountain Snails
Person fishing with rod on the bank of a stream
The Salmonfly Project: Anglers, Insect Conservation, and the Future of Freshwater Streams
Bumble bee in fallen leaves
Leave the Leaves or Lose the Insects
Large marble butterfly (with green and white marble-patterned wings) perched on a leaf
State of the Butterflies in the United States: A Roadmap for Recovery
Black and white cuckoo bee foraging pollen and nectar from an orange and yellow sneezeweed flower
Pollinator Check-Up: Bee Health and Novel Monitoring Tools
Huge blooming prairie field of sunflowers and other flowers underneath the sunny sky
Stories from the Prairie: Life in a Resilient Ecosystem
A roof covered in plants, surrounded by a cluster of taller buildings
Greenroofs, Solar Arrays, and Urban Farms: Insect Conservation in Human-Dominated Ecosystems
Yellow and black Tachinid fly (Trichopoda pennipes) sits on a blade of grass
For the Love of Flies: The Unsung Heroes of the Insect World
bumble bee on finger in front of a crowd of watching people
Social and Emotional Learning: Making Science Accessible
Gulf fritillary butterfly foraging from some flowers
Insects in the Balance: Why Monitoring Matters
Paige Howorth
The Secret Lives of San Diego Zoo Insects
Striped meadowhawk dragonfly resting on a branch
Dragonflies and Damselflies: A Life's Journey from Water to the Sky
Fender's blue butterfly on Kincaid's lupine plant
Revival of the Fender's Blue Butterfly: A Conservation Story
A white-lined sphinx moth hovers over a thistle flower while drinking nectar through its extended proboscis
Mysteries of the Moth: More Than Meets the Eye
Bluebird eating a caterpillar while perched on a metal post
Bugs and Birds: Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day
Fireflies at dusk
Life in the Dark: How Artificial Light is Impacting Insects