Gracile Saber-toothed Cat
This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]
Terror Bird
This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]
Three-toed Transitional Horse
This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, […]
Blunt-snouted Dyrosaurid
This crocodile-like reptile had an unusually short snout, giving it an incredibly powerful bite well adapted […]
Titanoboa
Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 […]
Cofrin’s Side-necked Turtle
This massive fossil is the largest freshwater turtle species found from the Paleocene (66–56 million years […]
Caribbean Monk Seal
Caribbean Monk Seals were last seen in the 1950s, in part because people overhunted them for […]
Xerces Blue
Xerces Blue butterflies were last seen in the early 1940s in the San Francisco Bay area. […]
Native Hawaiian Snails
The Hawaiian Islands once had over 800 different types of land snails. Scientists estimate that nearly […]
Maryland Darter
Biologists discovered the Maryland Darter in 1912 in a creek in Maryland, and the reclusive fish […]