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Welcome to another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home, Reggie Rizzou and Marcus Paff coming at you on

today's episode. Tis the season for snow flies, we'll

explain. A large endangered clam makes a comeback in the Adriatic and a good dog named Kobe

saves the day. Some feel-good vibes heading into the weekend. That plus this week in history.

We go back to the golden age of comic books. Coming up on cool stuff ride home.

With the recent snowfall I've had to deal with in Wisconsin, I found this next story interesting.

Mainly, it's because something I don't think I've actually seen in all my years here.

When you think of winter, you don't think of any animals flourishing, let alone consider it mating season.

In fact, most insects typically succumb to death or enter a state of suspended development.

However, for the minuscule specs dotting the white snow known as snowflies, it marks the season

of activity, a time for them to scurry around, seek a mate, and spawn baby snowflies.

Back in late 2016, John

Tutthill, a professor at the University of Washington, stumbled across these creatures during a hike

in the Cascade Mountains. While his usual focus was on studying fruit flies, which he humorously

describes as screwed in the cold, he was astonished to observe their distant relatives thriving in such

harsh conditions.

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