North Andean Clearwing genus Pteronymia reclassified
Florida Museum researcher Keith Willmott and peers reclassified the genus Pteronymia in a new paper, adding six species for a…
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Miami Blue Butterflies
Once common throughout coastal southern Florida, the Miami blue butterfly now ranks among North America’s rarest insects. While the main…
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DNA barcodes help solve butterfly classification conundrums
Take a look at this box of butterflies. How many species do you see? You might be tempted to divide…
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Philodoria & Science with Chris Johns
Scientist Bio: Chris A. Johns Eventually, Chris Johns hopes to slow down and spend his retirement surfing and hanging out,…
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Worker bees behind the scenes
As a vegan and animal lover, lab technician Samantha Epstein had always envisioned a future working with wildlife. “I definitely…
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Is Alaska’s first new butterfly species in decades an ancient hybrid?
Some might say it takes a rare breed to survive the Alaska wilderness. The discovery of a possible new species…
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$2.5 million NSF grant to fund online butterfly family tree, field guide
Butterflies have been objects of scientific research for hundreds of years, but information about the popular insects is scattered across…
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The evolution of hawkmoths’ sonar jamming
In the 65-million-year-old arms race between bats and moths, some moth species rub their genitals to jam the calls of…
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Bella moth keeps invasive plant at bay
Taming a wild plant may not sound too ominous, unless you are a tiny moth and the plant is 8…
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Luna moths evolved long spinning tails to defend against bats
In the cover of night, an unseen war between bats and moths has been raging for 60 million years—and a…
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