Five Facts About… Limpkins in Florida Limpkins, Aramus guarauna, are medium-sized wading birds with long legs and long, slightly curved beaks. Their...

Bald eagle Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Specimen: UF-O-52443 Although bald eagles were on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss and...

Specimens are often donated to the Florida Museum by local residents and citizen scientists. If they hold scientific value or are important to a collection,...

A new species of bird from the heart of Peru remained undetected for years until researchers identified it by its unique song. In 1996, a group of Louisiana...

David Steadman, our scientist-of-many-trades and curator of ornithology, recently hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on Reddit.com. For...

An extinct tortoise species that accidentally tumbled into a water-filled limestone sinkhole in the Bahamas about 1,000 years ago has finally made its way out,...

American alligator older than we thought New study also shows it shared ancient Florida with giant crocodiles From climate to the peninsula’s very shape,...

Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric discoveries. But at the bottom of a sinkhole...

Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how fossils can be used...

Digitized collection now available online While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds...