Stories & Articles
Are shark teeth fossils true fossils?
Are shark teeth fossils true fossils? Paleontologist Richard Hulbert gives a short answer and a longer answer.
Video Story
Exploring north Florida rivers for ice age tusks
Florida Museum scientists demonstrate and explain the process of making specimen cast from mammoth and mastodon fossils found underwater in northwest Florida.
Exhibit Spotlight
Florida Fossils exhibit paintings
Explore the art and identification keys for the paintings in our Florida Fossils exhibit, with bonus species highlights and fossil specimens.
Online Resource
Florida Vertebrate Fossil Species & Sites
Explore the rich fossil record of Florida's vertebrate animals and the fossil sites where they are found.
Online Resource
Fossil Horses
Explore the rich fossil record of horses and their history in North America going back at least 55 million years.
Articles & News
Get to know Florida’s fossil pearls
Have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a fossil?
Collection Feature
Invertebrate Paleontology Image Gallery
Our paleontologists have selected some of the best and most significant specimens in this collection, including corals, mollusks, sand dollars, sea lilies, worms and more.
Museum Blog
Montbrook Fossil Dig
This large-scale excavation site south of Gainesville is believed to be 5 to 5.5 million years old based on the faunal assemblage and preservation found there.
Collection Feature
Paleobotany Image Gallery
Browse specimen photos from our fossil plants and pollen collection, including some artistic slides from under the microscope.
Online Exhibit
Wondrous Creatures
Where Science and Art Intersect, featuring Ariel Bowman. Wondrous Creatures explores wonder as an inspiration and a bridge between art and science.