Inside the new Audubon Insectarium
Courtesy of Audubon Nature Institute
By Doug Brantley
Bug Out!
Getting people to care about the 238 species of spiders, clams, months, snails, isopods, and other invertebrates on the list of endangered species is about as likely as a magazine putting a photo of a dung beetle rather than a polar bear on its cover,” wrote Newsweek’s Sharon Begley in the magazine’s June 9 issue, which featured a cover shot of a cute, cuddly polar bear. “Like the rest of us, scientists gravitate toward the huggable. The upshot is that much less is known about invertebrates.” That very week, however...
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