Day: October 15, 2026

Anderson, a University of Wyoming junior from Casper majoring in biology, has been on the hunt since 2025 for a tiny and rare insect, known as Grylloblattodea, or the ice crawler. One of the rarest orders of insects in the world, ice crawlers only have 35 described species. Many species are known only from single localities.

Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis transform the body’s immune system from protector to attacker, often causing painful long-term symptoms. As rheumatoid arthritis (RA) progresses, it leads to increasingly severe joint inflammation, which can result in permanent damage. Currently, there’s no cure for the disease.