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Lepidoptera

Caterpillar crawling on a blue lupine on a clear, sunny day.

Fieldwork

The frosted elfin butterfly returns home to North Florida

May 28, 2025

The spring sun glinted off the cars rolling through Ichetucknee Springs State Park, but the caravan wasn’t headed to the…
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Awards & Honors

Florida Museum of Natural History among winners of Gainesville Beautification Award

April 25, 2025

At a recent ceremony, the Gainesville City Beautification Board recognized ten local businesses and organizations with the 2025 Gainesville Beautification…
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Awards & Honors

Florida Museum announces 2025 Austin, biodiversity and Bullen award winners

April 2, 2025

The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of its annual Austin, biodiversity and Bullen graduate student awards,…
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Life on Earth

Over one-fifth of native North American pollinators at elevated risk of extinction

March 26, 2025

A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at…
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Butterfly perching on leaf

Florida Biodiversity

Decades-long study shows this endangered butterfly benefits from hurricanes

February 6, 2025

Sometimes, nature’s surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population…
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Hires & Promotions

Vaughn Shirey joins Florida Museum of Natural History as newest curator of butterflies and moths

January 22, 2025

We are excited to welcome our newest curator, Vaughn Shirey, to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Working in the…
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Awards & Honors

Three Florida Museum postdocs receive UF awards

September 24, 2024

Three postdoctoral associates at the Florida Museum of Natural History have received awards from the University of Florida highlighting their…
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Florida Biodiversity

Maintaining an essential habitat: What’s good for pollinators is good for utility companies too

September 24, 2024

Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas…
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Profiles

Remembering Florida Museum curator Jacqueline Miller

September 3, 2024

Jacqueline Miller, Allyn curator emerita at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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Moth rests on leaf.

Evolution

Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles

August 28, 2024

How does one species become two? If you’re a biologist, that’s a loaded question. The consensus is that, in most…
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