Ken McCarty will share insight into the native bee inhabitants of high quality natural communities, including designated Missouri Natural Areas and long-preserved native Ozark ecosystems, documented from his ongoing surveys at several large Missouri State Parks. His survey objective remains to provide a contemporary record of the bee species inhabiting long-enduring park nature preserves, one […]

In this MPF Master Class with butterfly expert and photographer Betsy Betros, learn about the high-flying, colorful world of swallowtail butterflies in the Kansas City region. Betsy will take you on a tour of what makes each swallowtail unique from each other and what groups them together. This master class, to be held via Zoom, […]

At any given moment, half of the Earth’s surface is experiencing night. Electrification and industrialization have altered the nature of the night. Today, more than 80% of the world’s population and 99% of North Americans, live under light polluted skies. Excessive and misdirected outdoor lighting disturbs the ecological balance in the environment by adversely affecting […]