Museum Completes Plan for environmental education center, officially launched Wednesday, March 25. Museum entomologist Dave Faulkner reports seeing Painted Lady caterpillars everywhere he looked a couple of weeks ago and predicts heavy swarms of these butterflies as the populations disperse northward. This tribute gives tantalizing glimpses into the explorations and accomplishments of this distinguished herpetologist and rattlesnake expert. The desert wildflower season is shaping up to be one of the best in a long time, and early bloomers have been sighted in more coastal areas, too. Real and Robotic premieres at the Museum from February 21 to September 7, 1998.
New checklist is now online.
This comprehensive list is compiled from a number of different references, and includes all currently recognized insular endemics. Designed by the Museum's exhibit design team, this traveling exhibit will creep around the Museum's corners from February 21 to September 7, 1998. Plan your explorations into natural history with our new Events Calendar. Now you can easily find all our classes, trips, members' events, scientific meetings, and more. The Museum announces a workshop on key conservation issues presented by leading herpetologists, to be held at the Museum on 13 March 1998.