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Eighty percent of the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories, yet these communities often don't have a say when it comes to protecting the lands they inhabit. Environmental activist Jupta Itoewaki explains why Indigenous peoples are best positioned to lead the world's efforts to preserve nature and maintain a habitable planet -- and reminds us of their outsized importance in charting a sustainable future.
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One smashed bug. One gasp around the table. What came next became a documentary. By Morpho alumni, Josh Ault, Journalism Teacher, Spring Woods High School, Houston, TX.
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Hot temperatures during development can alter the scales that create Morpho butterflies’ brilliant blue iridescence, leaving adults with duller colors
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Every day, the Amazon releases billions of tons of water into the atmosphere that are carried by winds toward other regions of South America. They deliver the rains that supply forests, cities and crops far beyond the rainforest.
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In an unprecedented participatory ethnobotany approach, Hemerson Dantas dos Santos Pataxó HãHãHãi, the world’s first published Indigenous ethnobotanist, documented alongside his people their traditional medicinal practices: cataloging 175 medicinal plants, many of which had their use reaffirmed in scientific literature.
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In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
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Estimated to be twice the size of India and contain 10 percent of the world’s known species, the Amazon rainforest is a critically important ecosystem — but not just to the plants and animals that call it home. The importance of this threatened ecosystem to the health of our planet is one of the reasons…
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2027 Course Enrollment Opens September 15th. Space is limited, and spots fill quickly! Sign up for Info Night to learn more about both of our PD courses and determine which one is right for you!
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We are excited to work with The Climate Initiative and share their wonderful resources and trainings with our network of educators. TCI's ED, Leia Lowery, connected with Morpho's ED via their work on the IUCN Nature-based Education Task Force. Instant collaboration ensued! Learn more about TCI
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Wondering what participants of our 2026 PD courses have to say about their field experience and our scholarship funds? Take a listen!
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Heading to the Amazon rainforest in Peru to explore & research biodiversity with the Morpho Institute. 🦋 Erika Stafne, ARIE 2026
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Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable - but will commercial use stay within the ecological limits?
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Using the microscopic structures found on the wings of the Morpho butterfly, researchers have developed a simple and inexpensive way to analyze cancer biopsy samples that could make cancer diagnosis faster, more accurate and more accessible worldwide.
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"From River to Research: Investigating Amazon Fish Biodiversity" is an interactive story map created by 2026 Alumna, Jeanne Salchli who joined the Aquatic Survey Team during the Amazon Research Initiative for Educators. Check it out - it's amazing!
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Happy to announce that our popular webinar series is BACK! Mark your calendars and get registered at www.morphoinstitute.org/events
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2027 Course Enrollment Opens September 15th. Space is limited and spots fill quickly! Sign Up for Info Night. Funding available! Learn more
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A unique Missouri Botanical Garden study looking at the same individual Amazon trees across decades shows effect of climate change.
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The 5 E model allows for inquiry-based learning through a unit designed in a sequence of steps: Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate.
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This Natural History Field Note, just published in Biotropica by Dr. Jeannine Richards, includes co-authors who are K-12 science teachers from our 2025 Amazon Research Initiative for Educators (ARIE) program. Classroom teachers, publishing original field research in a peer-reviewed journal — that's a huge deal, and exactly the kind of hands-on science experience ARIE is designed to make possible. Citation: Richards, J. H., Brunner, R. M., Aliaga Pashanaste, K. G., Dumas, T., Ganong, C., Madden, D. E., Mezheritskiy, A., Trautmann, N. M., & Wolf, J. (2026). Bird Use of Arboreal Water Sources in the Peruvian Amazon. Biotropica, 58(4), e70233. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70233
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Using photos in lessons can help kids understand challenging issues, explains a researcher.
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By mapping interactions across more than 5,000 Amazonian tree species, researchers reveal that protecting the forest also means protecting its pollinators and seed dispersers.
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Many of us care deeply about the future of our planet. But sooner or later, we arrive at the same question: What can I actually do?
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From its nests high in the canopy of the Amazon, the harpy eagle depends on — and is critical to — the health of the forest around it. The species controls the numbers of animals such as sloths and monkeys that, unchecked, could consume too many leaves and turn the canopy into lace. But the […]
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