Pyrrolizidine alkaloids are as bitter and toxic as they are hard to pronounce. They’re produced by several different types of…

In a new book, a father and daughter scientist duo explore the 100-million-year history of butterflies. From their inauspicious origin…

At night in the Costa Rican cloud forest, Yash Sondhi and a small team of international scientists switched on a…

The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History was recently awarded two grants to help support pollinators in…

The Florida Museum of Natural History has named Akito Kawahara as the new director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera…

About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking…

Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the…

In a pair of complementary studies, researchers take a close look at Luna moth (Actias luna) tails through the eyes…

Mezcal is a distilled alcohol made from the boiled and fermented sap of agave plants. Most mezcal beverages — including…

Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…