Barrett Klein

The grand premier of Rivyn's "Periodic Box of the Modeled Elements" for his 5th grade class! Months in the making, Rivyn interpreted each of the 118 known elements that make up matter in the universe. Close ups to come!

Experiences at the Bruce: Discussion with Barrett Klein, author of The Insect Epiphany - The Bruce Museum The Bruce is a world-class family-friendly museum of art and science in Greenwich, CT. Interactive exhibits for curious minds of all ages.

I am so excited to give a talk on 22 February to complement The Bruce Museum's "ANTS: Tiny Creatures, Big Lives" exhibit. My super-talented friend Sean Murtha is an artist and exhibit-maker who has helped to make the Ants exhibit come to life. Join me if you can!
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The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced

The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 open.substack.com/pub/alwaysso...

Great article. This has inspired me to plan a visit to see the original. Thank you!

The Age of Reptiles: How One Mural Changed The Way The World Saw Dinosaurs My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced

My nomination for the most influential scientific visualization ever produced.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #visualscicomm #sciviz #dinosaurs
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I enjoyed giving a talk about insects and human culture to the fine folks at Morbid Anatomy last night. If you haven't explored the writings of Morbid Anatomy's founder, Joanna Ebenstein, I recommend exploring: www.morbidanatomy.org/press.

Heavens no! Entomologists could never reach this degree of inscrutability.

snippet from Wendy B. Zomlefer's 1994 treatise on Tofieldiaceae of the SE United States, Harvard Papers on Botany. She notes that you can recognize the anthers of Tofieldiaceae because they have a "terete apical appendage, dehiscing by longitudinal slits, introrse [latrorse]; pollen grains ellipsoid, 2 sulcate, reticulate." It just goes on like this.

plant literature always sends a chill down my spine, like what if this is what WE sound like to non-entomologists? Could something as ordinary and harmless as the beetle taxonomist be this violently inscrutable??

Note: 7pm ET

Free Online Talk · The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-Legged Allies Shape Human Culture with Professor of Entomology and Animal Behavior and Entomo-Artist Barrett Klein — Morbid Anatomy Monday, December 15, 2025 7pm ET (NYC time) Free! RSVP with email at checkout PLEASE NOTE: Video playback of free events is only available to Patreon members. Become a Member HERE . ...

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Arachnid with babies on abdomen

Look at this amazing amblypygid mom who brought all her babies to the jungle bridge building with us!

Danielle Hudson officially and triumphantly defended her master's thesis: "Pollination behavior of solitary ground-nesting bees in Wisconsin’s Driftless and beyond." Danielle is an ambassador for invertebrate conservation, spreading the word about our local, native pollinators. Congratulations!

Later abridged version of this fine tome is freely available here: babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc...

Indeed!

For all of those entomologists wondering what book Dr. Frankenstein is holding up in Guillermo del Toro's new cinematic masterpiece: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/...

Scientists' Call on Congress to Commit to Preventing Extinction, Safeguarding the ESA | Center for Conservation Innovation Join this scientists' letter calling on Congress to commit to protecting species threatened with extinction by upholding the ESA and the science-based framework that underpins it.

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Ready for an entomo-doubleheader deluxe at Daedalus Books? The great Peter Kuper and I will be giving talks about our insect-centered books (Insectopolis & The Insect Epiphany) and doodling in books afterwards. All are welcome to join the fun on 10 November in Portland, Oregon!

Super awesome!

The Sericulturist! Raising silkworm moths from eggs this summer, my body partially transformed into the mulberry branches on which they feed, and was promptly overtaken by voracious Bombyx mori caterpillars -- spinning their silk cocoons, then eclosing into winged, but flightless adults.

NO KINGS, in Ferndale, Michigan.

The mama and I know how to spend a Saturday afternoon in Ferndale, Michigan. Protesting!

I will be giving a talk about sleeping insects as part of the Brain and Behavior series in the Psychology Department at the University of Michigan. Join if you can!
It will take place on October 21 at 12:00 PM in East Hall, room 4464.
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The Book Beat A new post was just added to the Book Beat website and newsletter.

I will have the grand pleasure of joining Tracey Gallup for a double-header book celebration at Book Beat in Oak Park, Michigan on October 19th from 5-8pm. Expect some epic insect tales! www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/202...

Ignite Your Curiosity

If Cranbrook Science Center is within reach, join me on Friday eve for a talk (and book signing) about insects and how they affect human culture! science.cranbrook.edu/visit/events...

I've long marveled at and been stumped by those wacky head extensions of treehoppers. This careful research exposes a convincing reason (detect electric fields of enemies) to sport such burdens: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Wish We Weren't Here: Postcards From the Apocalypse New York Times and Rolling Stone cartoonist Peter Kuper addresses climate change and our oligarchical future in an all-new graphic novel / political cartoon hybrid. 45 years after his first political ...

When humor and consequential horror collide -- Peter Kuper's latest masterwork: www.fantagraphics.com/products/wis...

Jane Goodall in a tall rainforest looking up into the canopy with binoculars in her hands.

"The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

It's difficult to imagine a world without Jane Goodall.

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Jobs! Would anyone like to be a professor of cell biology or of anatomy & physiology at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse?

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