Media Interviews
After 2022, when I returned to writing full time, I decided to give all media requests to junior colleagues to help them build their portfolios. Here’s some of the more recent interviews I’ve done.
- The Atlantic. Millipedes have been living a lie. December 16, 2021
- Scholastic Super Science Magazine. Stolen Spiders. December 15, 2021.
- Texas Highways. Meet the Vinegaroon. July 28, 2021.
- Ars Technica. Rare 50 million year old bug flashes its genitals. February 4, 2021.
- Purdue University. Education is multidimensional: how agriculture staff and students are reaching grades PK-12 during a pandemic. November 11, 2020.
- National Geographic. Finding a forever home for trafficked tarantulas. September 16, 2020.
- Live Science. If you’ve never gazed upon the bald butt of a baby tarantula, now’s your chance. August 11, 2020.
- National Geographic. ‘Murder hornet’ mania highlights dangers of fearing insects and spiders. August 3, 2020.
- Lifehacker. Murder Hornets are unlikely to Murder you Personally. May 5, 2020.
- National Geographic. Stuck inside? Take your kids on a bug safari. April 23, 2020.
- YouTube. “Face to Face with Massive Bugs.” November 8, 2019.
- Gizmodo. Your Cheap Bee House Might Be Killing Bees. June 19, 2019.
- Purdue News Service. Bug Appetit. April 9, 2019.
- Grist.org. Where are all the bugs going and what can I do about it? April 11, 2019.
- Popular Science. Insects are disappearing from science textbooks, and that should bug you. December 12, 2018.
- National Geographic. Sex, Lies, and Grappling Hooks: How Parasitic Beetles Trick Bees. September 9, 2018.
- Washington Post. Chrissy Teigen befriended a ‘nice’ bug. July 26, 2018.
- Atlantic Magazine. Drake’s Scorpion, as Explained by an Astrologer and an Entomologist. July 3, 2018.
- National Geographic. Watch a Sausage-Size Insect Transform. May 11, 2018.
- New Hampshire Public Radio, Outside/In. Caterpillar Legs. January 18, 2018.
- Think Magazine. What’s Bugging You? Spring 2018.
- National Geographic. We Fact-Checked 8 Animal Emojis—Here’s What We Found. December 28, 2017.
- National Geographic. Roaches in your Nose? February 14, 2017.
- Mental Floss, Bees Go Whoop. February 9, 2017
- New Hampshire Public Radio, Outside/In, Snow Fleas. January 2, 2017.