Reflecting on Global Butterfly Week and the Power of Collective Science
The inaugural Global Butterfly Week successfully united thousands of butterfly watchers, educators, and field researchers to create the first single-window … Continue
The Southwestern Research Station (SWRS) is situated in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona, a rugged terrain and an arid … Continue
Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing, and classifying plants, animals, fungi, and microbes based on shared characteristics such as … Continue
McGuire Center Faculty Spotlight: Keith Willmott, Curator of Lepidoptera
In nature, like in everyday life, patience is a virtue and time is invaluable. In fact, the complete transformation of … Continue
The Rainforest Exhibits at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History features many … Continue
The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity has continued to make public outreach a priority during the temporary closure of … Continue
The McGuire Center and University of Florida have a deep history of studying the extraordinary phenomenon of Monarch migration, where … Continue
New Student Award Honors Florida Museum Curator Jacqueline Y. Miller
A new student award honoring the late Jacqueline Y. Miller was established by the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and given at … Continue
The Sand Mountain Blue butterfly, Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, lives on a single Nevada dune system, making it incredibly vulnerable to … Continue
People often encounter caterpillars in their gardens or walking along a nature trail. Most of us are not even aware … Continue