Eight months before the first seismic rumbles reduced Montserrat to a gray thumbprint in a sparkling sapphire sea, I visited the island in search of the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean. Montserrat ...

Jewel wasps carve up cockroaches like jack-o’-lanterns in a way scientists have never seen before. By Jason Bittel If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp.