Do you remember how much you loved Filmon Fridays when you were a kid? A whole day off school?! Man, it was incredible. What have we got that can compare these days? Lackluster dreams...

Hello again readers of the Manitoban and welcome to late June. It is just about that time to start planning your doom — I mean future — for this fall and what better...

Kissing Bugs Rhodnius prolixus is one of several species of blood sucking insects belonging to the order hemiptera that can be found from southern Mexico to northern South America. With strong jaws, a powerful bite...

Ever wake up in the morning and just ask yourself, “Why?” This volunteer science writer does not profess to have all the answers to that question by any means, but I do think that...

That’s right, I said “oxpecker,” and no, I am not just gearing you up for Valentine’s Day. Folks, I am talking about birds — vampiristic birds! What a way to get back into the...

It is written (at least it is now): “As you sow procrastination, so shall you reap procrastination.” You should be glad to know — if you haven’t guessed already — that I am procrastinating....

While my long-term goal as a volunteer science writer does include developing a ravenous cult following the size of Winnipeg, I am not yet so megalomaniacal as to expect that just five articles spanning...