In the Movies
More short films about beetles, forests,
and our work here on our YouTube channel.
In the Media
Influence is power, even in entomology
Opinion/statement on behalf of the Entomological Society of America authored by Jiri in the American Entomologist.
What happened to the Thousand cankers disease of walnuts?
Our report in the Forestry Source.
Shot Hole Borer Taxonomy, Re-defined.
Our work reported in Entomology Today.
Collaboration in Cuba Diagnoses Potential Invasive Insect Threat
Reported here by Scientific American.
UF Forest Entomology Lab Innovates Use of 3D Imaging
Read about our collaboration and results here.
UF/IFAS researchers head to Cuba for scientific exchange to benefit Florida agriculture
Learn more about UF/IFAS in Cuba.
Discover Magazine: Backyard Bark Beetles in the classroom
Learn more about UF/IFAS Backyard Bark Beetles.
PLOS blog: Back to School?
Learn about “back to school” citizen science projects, including UF/IFAS Backyard Bark Beetles.
UF Coffee Research and Development in Papua New Guinea
Read an overview and several news stories here
Enhancing U.S. – Cuban agriculture through research, collaboration, and investment
Beetle Farmers 2.0: A Super-symbiont Fungus Supports a Complex Beetle Society
Bark Beetles calligraphy in the Entomology and Nematology News (April 2016)
WUFT News: Laurel Wilt Disease Poses Threat To Avocados
The work of the Emerging Threats to Forests Research Group in the IMP voice
The Backyard Bark Beetle Project in the Entomology and Nematology News
The Backyard Bark Beetle Project in the FMNP Newsletter
Study Confirms Effectiveness of Cheap, Simple Traps for Citizen Science Project
Read the full story in the Entomology Today
Preventing Invasions of Destructive Forest Pests Using Pre-Invasion Assessments
Read full story in The Forestry Source (pages 12 and 15)
The Entomological Society of America noticed our Citizen Science
Global change and pest spread in Florida
Read full story in the Gainesville Sun>>
Marvelous Destroyers: The Fungus-Farming Beetles
Read full story at WIRED Magazine >>
Beetles attacking living trees may mis-smell them
Read full story at USA Today >>
Low beta diversity of ambrosia beetles in lowland rainforests of Papua New Guinea
Read full story at Faculty of 1000 >>
A Fading Field: Traditional taxonomists are an endangered species.
Read Full story at The Scientist >>
Myco-kleptomaniacs
Read full story at Small Things Considered – the Microbe Blog >>