The Carr Medal honors the late Archie Carr, University of Florida zoology professor and world authority on sea turtles. The medal recognizes outstanding national and international contributions to the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of our natural heritage. About Archie Carr Archie
Diamond, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 1990Â Thomas E.
Step back in time and discover life beneath the ice in Antarctic Dinosaurs. Today, Antarctica is a forbidding land of snow and ice but 200 million years ago it was a lush, wooded habitat where dinosaurs thrived. Uncover the history of the world’s southernmost continent and the unique species that ha
by the Field Museum, Chicago in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los
Last week, I was about to go to work, when I spotted a drama unfolding on my window: a green anole had captured a sphinx moth. Of course, I had to stop and investigate. Moth predation by anoles is not something worth blogging about in its own right, but this sphinx moth was the size of the anole’s
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
In 2017, we were asked to make three insect cases for the new Discovery Zone exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History:
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Remember this? Walk down memory lane with us to look at past special exhibits we’ve enjoyed here at the Florida Museum! While this exhibit has moved on to other places, we treasured the opportunity to learn and explore. Find out what exhibits are currently here at the Museum: Antarctic D
by the Field Museum, Chicago in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los
Christmas is almost here, and the season-appropriate songs are filling the radio waves and ears of last-minute shoppers. Among them are mistletoe songs, which, every time I hear them, remind me of the butterflies that feed on them as caterpillars. Here, in Florida, these are the Great Purple (actual
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
This year, I felt conflicted about offering the LepCamp program. The summer camp program I started 5 years ago at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity instructs middle school students on how to make insect collections. Normal museum camps were canceled due to COVID, but there was a
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
Now that you watched Dave Blackburn’s video on how to use the iNaturalist app, why not go try it out and join thousands of people in the City Nature Challenge 2020? Didn’t watch the video? Here you go: Ready to hop onto the iNaturalist app? Okay, NOW that you’ve learned how to use the app
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Years ago, the Natural History Museum of Los
The City Nature Challenge began as a friendly competition between two California museums in 2016 and has grown into an international celebration of biodiversity and community science. A few years ago, we joined several local partners to host a local CNC for Alachua County and invite our commu
event organized by California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum Los
Despite the COVID pandemic, the research staff and graduate students at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity were able to write up past research and to conduct other meaningful scientific exchanges of information. This unusual time in history, resulted in some very cool studies fin
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
