A new bug is joining the shelves of the Museum of Comparative Zoology’s 7-million-strong insect collection, one made not of antennae and exoskeleton, but of wires and lenses: “Lightning Bug,” a ...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Tiny wings. Hidden details. A world rarely seen is coming into focus. “Insects are really numerous. There’s millions of insects on the planet. They’re incredibly ...
(c) 2013, The Washington Post. The Smithsonian Institution released a free 77-page e-book Tuesday concerning one of the institution’s top priorities: digitizing 14 ...
CHAMPAIGN (AP) - Scientists based in Champaign with the Illinois Natural History Survey are part of an effort to digitize photographs of millions of insects. The ...
Washington State University's MT James Entomological Collection is the largest insect museum in the state, it holds around three million specimens. In 2022, state legislators allocated $50,000 for the ...
Insect aficionados from across the world can now become part of a UC Berkeley entomology research team through a new citizen science project, which officially launched last Wednesday. CalBug, a ...
Approximately 145 million: That’s the number of specimens – including plants, animals, minerals and human artifacts – curators estimate are held in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.