Sawfish
The five species of sawfishes are globally endangered in part because their rostra (snouts) are prized […]
Southeastern Beach Mice
Florida’s Beach Mouse populations are specialized to certain climatic conditions and coastal habitats unique to the […]
Native and Invasive Land Snails
Predators, like Florida’s Rosy Wolf Snail, were introduced to many Pacific islands to control invasive snails […]
Rusty Mud Salamander
These salamanders were found in a stream on UF’s campus, and used to describe a new […]
Southern Dusky Salamander
The Dusky Salamander was once common in the southeastern United States. In recent years, UF researchers […]
Florida Kingsnake
Native snakes play an important role as natural predators in many of Florida’s ecosystems. Kingsnakes were […]
Gulf Coast Indigo Snake
Museum scientists recently described the Gulf Coast Indigo Snake as a separate species from the similar […]
Florida Jujube
Scientists thought Florida Jujube was extinct when it was described from a single Florida Museum specimen […]
Florida False Rosemary
A species unknown to science until the 1990s, Florida False Rosemary occurs in small populations in […]
Goliath Grouper
Weighing as much as 800 pounds and growing up to 8 feet, Goliath Grouper are vulnerable […]