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Masters of the Night

The True Story of Bats

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Butterfly
Rainforest

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Hours

Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm

Sun 1pm - 5pm

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(352) 846-2000

Location

Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida Cultural Plaza
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2710

Science + Research News

Jun 20, 2018

Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails
Jun 14, 2018

Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests
May 31, 2018

Houses of silk, poop and plants: Meet the sack-bearer moths
May 29, 2018

Butterfly expert Thomas Emmel has died

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