Meet a Scientist: Monarchs and Other Pollinators in Chicago

Meet scientists from the Keller Science Action Center and learn about their fieldwork studying local pollinators. See monarch butterfly specimens, along with other friendly pollinators like bumblebees, and learn where we fall on the monarch migration route and how our actions can support all pollinators.

Presenters include Aster Hasle, Lead Conservation Ecologist and Karen Klinger, GIS Analyst.

Scientists, researchers, and collections managers are behind the scenes every day, uncovering new information and taking care of our collection.

During Meet a Scientist, you can find them in the Grainger Science Hub. They'll discuss their work and share real items from the museum’s collection of nearly 40 million objects. From collections care to field work, and dinosaurs to ecology, there’s a world of science to explore.

Visit the Science Hub on select weekdays for an up-close look at what our researchers do every day.