Jambato Toad
The Jambato Toad has been hard-hit by the epidemic spread of the fungus causing the decline […]
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 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 […]
Resplendent Quetzal
Ancient Aztec and Maya regarded the Resplendent Quetzal’s bright feathers as objects of power, beauty and […]
Schaus’ Swallowtail
Once abundantin the greater Miami area and the Florida Keys, these endangered butterflies are now limited […]
Blue Hole Birds
Fossils recently discovered inside a flooded sinkhole reveal a lost world of animals that once lived […]
Florida Yew
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida Yew is not harvested […]
Sherman’s Fox Squirrel and Trap
In the 1930s, Professor H.B. Sherman studied small mammals in North Central Florida, during which time […]
