I've got a short piece in tomorrow's New York Times about the 400-million year history of insects. Some beautiful pictures of the creepers included.
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Great blog - I'll surely be bookmarking this one for future visits. I've just started a blog myself, primarily to get myself into the habit of writing regularly. I have ambitions to get some science/nature writing published myself someday - and this is great inspiration. Steve, UK