Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America
About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking…Read More
Family tree of ‘boring’ butterflies shows they’re anything but
Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the…Read More
Endowment brings influx of expertise to the McGuire Center
Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…Read More
Park rangers use butterflies to take planet’s pulse in a biodiversity hotspot
In 2017, a group of scientists raised alarm bells by showing that flying insects had declined in Germany by more…Read More
Map of transparent butterflies highlights biodiversity hotspot in the Andes Mountains
With over a million known species, insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on Earth, with conservative…Read More
Escape artists: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes
The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint…Read More
Keith Willmott named director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one…Read More
Euptychiine Butterflies
Keith Wilmott, associate curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, discusses his research…Read More
A case of mistaken identity: DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species…Read More
Diversity in butterfly mimicry maintained by predator distribution
When thinking of mimicry, most people picture two things that look identical, with little difference in pattern or color. In…Read More