In the news
Projects that I've been involved with have been featured
around the world in a variety of newspapers, magazines, web
sites, radio, and television programs. Below are links to a
few that are available online. They will take you to either
the original source or an archived PDF version, if
available.
Mormon
crickets
Mega Disasters - Super
Swarms
(History Channel, Nov. 11,
2007)
Cannibal Crickets
(Science News for Kids, March 8, 2006)
Cannibal Power: Mormon crickets swarm to
eat and not be eaten
(Science News, March 4, 2006)
Push on the marching crickets
(Nature - News & Views, March 2, 2006)
March of the Mormon cricket cannibals
(Yahoo! News, March 1, 2006)
Cannibal Crickets Cause "Forced Marches"
Through Crops, Study Says
(National Geographic News, Feb. 28, 2006)
A Plague of Cannibals
(ScienceNOW Daily News, Feb. 27, 2006)
March of the Mormon cricket cannibals
(New Scientist, Feb. 27, 2006)
Heuschrecken - die achte Plage
(Tierzeit, originally broadcast on Sept. 10, 2005)
(Tierzeit or "Animal Time" is a German language TV
documentary show)
Bugging Crickets
(Government Technology Magazine, June 27, 2005)
For Some Insects, It's Smart To Run With
The Crowd
(ScienceDaily.com, April 2, 2005)
Tracking Critters' Mass Migrations
(CBS News, March 14, 2005)
(AP story featured in 100's of newspapers and websites)
If You're A Cricket, Its Wise To Blend
In
(New York Times, Feb. 2, 2005)
(free registration)
Homing in on Hopper Hordes
(Agricultural Research Magazine, Oct. 2004)
Mormon Crickets March 50,000 Strong
(USA Today, July 22, 2004)
National Geographic Today
(National Geographic Channel, originally broadcast on July
23, 2003)
(Video hosted by USDA)
Bugging the Crickets
(Deseret News, July 16, 2002)
Radio tracks crickets
(news@nature.com, June 14, 2002)
Locusts
Mega Disasters - Super
Swarms
(History Channel, Nov. 11,
2007)
Ancient Trans-Atlantic Swarm Brought
Locusts To The New World
(ScienceDaily.com, Dec. 27, 2005)
Ancient Locust Swarm Crossed the
Atlantic, Study Says
(National Geographic News, Dec. 28, 2005)
African Locusts: Ancient Pioneers
(Discovery Channel News, Jan. 11, 2006)
Ain’t No Ocean Wide Enough
(Natural History Magazine, March 2006)
Locust Upset: DNA puts swarmer's origin
in Africa
(Science News, Jan. 7, 2006)
No Flies on These Locusts
(New York Times, Jan. 3, 2006)
(free registration)
Warning coloration /
Aposematism
How the locust got its stripes: The
evolution of density-dependent aposematism
(Trends in Ecology and Evolution - News and Comment, March
3, 2000)
Bright Colors Taste Nasty
(ABCNEWS.COM, Jan. 22, 1999)
Inside Story of Nature's Foul-Tasting
Beauties
(New York Times, Feb. 2, 1999)
How did the grasshopper get his
stripes?
(Nature Science Update, Jan. 28, 1999)