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Meet 'The Moth Man' at Bohart Museum's Moth Night

Meet "The Moth Man." If you attend the Bohart Museum of Entomology's annual Moth Night...

These three entomologists were trained directly or indirectly by Jerry Powell (1933-2023) of UC Berkeley. From left are Dan Rubinoff, John De Benedictus and Paul Opler (1938-2023) at a gathering of lepidopterists in 2019 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Powell and Paul Opler (1938-2023) co-authored Moths of Western America, published in 2009. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

These three entomologists were trained directly or indirectly by Jerry Powell (1933-2023) of UC Berkeley. From left are Dan Rubinoff, John De Benedictus and Paul Opler (1938-2023) at a gathering of lepidopterists in 2019 at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Powell and Paul Opler (1938-2023) co-authored Moths of Western America, published in 2009. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Filipa Rijo-Ferreira: Zeroing in on Circadian Rhythms in Parasitic Diseases

"In 2020, malaria deaths increased by 12 percent compared with 2019. The increases in malaria cases...

Filipa Rijo-Ferreira (left) won the Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research in 2021 for her work investigating the circadian clocks of human parasites. This is the highest honor bestowed by the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Here she looks over data with world-renowned circadian rhythm researcher Joseph Takahashi. (Photo courtesy of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas)

Filipa Rijo-Ferreira (left) won the Brown-Goldstein Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research in 2021 for her work investigating the circadian clocks of human parasites. This is the highest honor bestowed by the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Here she looks over data with world-renowned circadian rhythm researcher Joseph Takahashi. (Photo courtesy of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas)

A Unique Project: A Video Guidebook to Showcase a Scientific Textbook

There's never been anything like this before. A landmark textbook on the newly emerging field...

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Ever Seen a Plume Moth?

Have you ever seen a plume moth? Or has a plume moth ever seen you? We spotted a pterophorid...

A pterophorid plume moth (family Pterophoridae) in Vacaville, Calif. on April 2, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A pterophorid plume moth (family Pterophoridae) in Vacaville, Calif. on April 2, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Scientists Focusing on Insect Biodiversity and Insect Decline

If you're looking for a thought-provoking discussion on insect biodiversity and decline, mark your...

Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis will speak on "Is Insect Biodiversity, Biomass and Abundance Declining?” at the Hillside Club's Fireside Lecture Series, Berkeley, on March 2.

Leslie Saul-Gershenz of UC Davis will speak on "Is Insect Biodiversity, Biomass and Abundance Declining?” at the Hillside Club's Fireside Lecture Series, Berkeley, on March 2.

Conservation biologist Norm Gershenz is the CEO of SaveNature.Org.

Conservation biologist Norm Gershenz is the CEO of SaveNature.Org.

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