He’s Built a Butterfly Collection That Would Fill Two Cargo Jets. Now He’s on a Desperate Search for Someone to Take It.
He’s 74 now, and racing against mortality to find someone worthy of owning what is likely the world’s largest collection of ...
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Biologist gives collection of 60,000 butterflies to University of Florida scientists
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A California biologist is giving his butterfly collection of more than 60,000 to the University of Florida. For 70 years, Sterling Mattoon, 92, studied and collected ...
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Inside the Murky World of Butterfly Catchers
He had offered to sell an undercover agent an illegal collection of butterflies worth more than a quarter million dollars. It’s hard to pin down the exact size of the global black market for ...
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Adventures of the oldest butterflies
Discover the explorers responsible for the oldest butterfly collection in existence. They journeyed thousands of miles in cramped boats to discover new plants and animals, were astounded by their ...
NT insect collection opens doors to citizen scientists to share knowledge, deepen ties around biosecurity
The Northern Territory's most significant collection of preserved insects has opened its doors to the NT Field Naturalists' ...
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Often imitated: Henry Bates and the butterflies of the Amazon
A special collection of butterfly specimens at the Museum helps tell a tale of extraordinary adventure and scientific insight. In 1848, the bank of the Amazon River was not where you'd expect to find ...