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Butterflies Meet Big Data and Social Media

May 19, 2014  |  Bryan Pfeiffer

Breaking News from VCE NORWICH, Vermont – VCE and a team of biologists from the U.S. and Canada today launched an ambitious online project allowing scientists and the public to report,…

Butterflies in Snow

March 1, 2014  |  Kent McFarland

At 5 degrees below zero, butterflies were the last things on my mind as I brushed the fluffy snow from the porch.  But as I swept away the last flakes…

Giant Data

November 8, 2013  |  Bryan Pfeiffer

On a cold, rainy day in November, Kent McFarland is happy: he’s found a butterfly. Well, okay, it’s not exactly a living butterfly. It’s a specimen in the insect collection…

The Last Butterfly

November 5, 2013  |  Bryan Pfeiffer

For the past eight months they have flickered and fluttered among us – tiny flashes of red, orange, yellow and blue floating above hayfields and dancing in flower gardens: Spring…

VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award

October 1, 2013  |  Chris Rimmer

Dave Hoag, a life-long resident of Grand Isle, is a man of few words but myriad natural history accomplishments. He’d rather talk about winged creatures than himself any day.

VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award

October 1, 2012  |  Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.