Letter from the McGuire Center’s Director It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened thanks to the visionary support of Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Dr. Thomas Emmel. We are proud of what has been accomplish
McGuire Center collections assistant, Marcela Diaz, collects butterfly appendages for DNA
©Photo by Christian Schwartz, CC BY-NC 4.0 DNA and genetics National Academy of
The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) Databases of all sizes are traditionally assumed to be the domain of industry and the private sector, especially in the age of the “Internet of Things [IoT],� where sensor data from different internet-enabled devices is stored in aggregated forms for picki
have far more varied database types, including image and geographic databases, DNA
The Calusa may have been the only ancient people in North America who established a kingdom without practicing agriculture. Their sophistication and fierceness enabled them to resist Spanish domination for some 200 years. The Calusa king Caalus, perched high on his throne in his grand house, watc
The origins of early pottery in the Lucayan Islands Cultural Heritage Ancient DNA
To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself. In fact, it’s pretty much one and the same. When you finish your chicken dinner, your next step is most likely to toss the leftover bones in the garbage. And if you hunt, you probably
Heritage Crawling out of history: The Grand Turk tortoise Cultural Heritage Ancient DNA
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This is primarily done by examining their DNA, which carries a written record of
Key points Iron artifacts from early Spanish expeditions in North America often look too similar to tell apart, making it difficult to establish the exact routes that were taken. In a new study, archaeologists analyzed iron artifacts spanning more than 400 years of American history using X-r
expert, Ann Cordell, receives lifetime achievement award Cultural Heritage Ancient DNA
Akito Kawahara was snapping pictures at a scenic outlook in Hawaii when he spotted the moth equivalent of a dodo. An entomologist, Kawahara recognized the squiggly patterns on nearby plants as trails carved by leaf-mining caterpillars and lowered his camera to take a closer look. To his astonishm
Using a combination of DNA evidence, island ages and studies of closely related insect
Introduction A herbarium specimen voucher is usually a pressed, mounted plant sample with collection data deposited for future reference. It supports research work and may be examined to verify the identity or study other elements of the specimen. A voucher specimen must be deposited in a recognize
Microwaves can destroy DNA.
Rhincodon typus These sharks are recognizable not just for being the largest fish in the sea, but also for their unique patterns. They are filter feeders, often swimming near the surface of the open sea; they gulp in water and filter everything from plankton and fish eggs to crustaceans and schoo
Recent research using mitochondrial DNA and microsatellite analysis has demonstrated
