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another year, another scientist
My name is Heidi. I am long-time reader, first time blogger here on Butterflies and Science. Jessica and I have been collaborating on the Colorado Colias work for the last few years now. While Jessica...
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Mother Monarch Butterflies Medicate Their Offspring
An infected monarch butterfly struggles to emerge from it's chrysalis While humans may rely on mom’s chicken soup to fight off infection, mother monarch butterflies lay eggs on medicinal plants to...
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My Night at the Museum
Where last we left off I was explaining my plan to look at butterflies held in museum collections in order to compare them to field caught butterflies. To this end, I spent a week in November in this...
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Science Online 2012
This week Jess and I attended the Science Online 2012 conference in Raleigh. This so -called ”un-conference” is designed to bring together scientists, science writers, educators, and bloggers of all...
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Thoughts on Science Online 2012
Just as Sarah said in her previous post, she and I attended an un-conference called Science Online 2012. It was a collection of science bloggers, writers, editors, artists, librarians, educators,...
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Early spring meltdown a threat to butterflies and flowers
Spring has been coming early to the Rocky Mountains, and while warm weather may be good news for humans, it’s bad news for flowers and butterflies. A long term study by Carol Boggs (Stanford...
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Teen Lepidopterist Decodes the Secret to Butterfly Sense of Smell
Alexandra Sourakov working in the University of Florida Butterfly house Alexandra Sourakov has logged hours of research at the University of Florida’s butterfly house. She used a combination of...
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And We’re Back. Let’s Talk Peer Review
Hello fellow butterfly enthusiasts! It has been a long time since I’ve posted, but we are almost at the 1 year mark for the blog! Things have been really busy here for me. I finished all of my analysis...
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British Butterfly Thrives on Climate Change
Climate change is reviving a once rare British butterfly, according to a new article in the journal Science. The brown argus butterfly was once scarce, but has doubled the size of its range in the...
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Fungus Kills Caterpillars to Feed Its Plant Host
An insect larva mummified by the Metarhizium fungus Plants and fungi look like peaceful woodland scenery, but underneath the soil some plant-fungi pairs act as a deadly team mummifying insects and...
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More trouble for monarch butterflies
Climate change is wrecking havoc on these beautiful butterflies. So things aren’t looking great for arguably one of the most recognizable and favorite butterflies. Monarchs are migratory butterflies...
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Butterfly cakes
So here at butterflies and science we like to have fun and enjoy delicious baked goods too! Not only are the members of our lab scientists, but they are fantastic bakers and cake decorators as well....
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