FLORIDA MUSEUM
ANNUAL REPORT
2023-2024

Message From the Director

Dear museum friends and supporters,

 

Welcome to the museum’s annual report for fiscal year 2024. As it has been at the University of Florida, it’s been an eventful and exciting year. Over the past 12 months we’ve accomplished a great deal, and we’ve experienced some significant transitions within our professional staff.

Perhaps the most notable among our accomplishments was the opening of our first new permanent exhibition gallery in many years, “Water Shapes Florida.” The exhibit replaces “Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife,” which was the first of our “permanent” exhibition galleries to open in Powell Hall over 25 years ago. The long-overdue renovation was several years in the making and funded entirely by philanthropic and grant support. The new exhibit focuses squarely on the importance of Florida’s freshwater systems and how we can all help to ensure our most valuable natural resource is protected for the future. And don’t worry, the very popular limestone cave is still there. It received an upgrade and has been incorporated into the new design.

We also hosted the very popular “Antarctic Dinosaurs” exhibit from the Field Museum for much of the year. This was followed in late spring by “Incredible Insects,” the second in our Science Up Close series in which we directly engage visitors with the process of science by including interactive laboratories staffed by UF researchers. The exhibit not only involved museum scientists, volunteers and students, but also partnerships with labs across campus to create a broad look at “the little creatures that run the world.” The popularity of these exhibit programs was reflected in the highest annual attendance recorded by the museum: 255,667 visitors.

 

The museum experienced several important personnel transitions this year. Distinguished professor Bruce MacFadden, the longest-serving museum employee, retired after 47 years as a faculty member. He wore many hats during his tenure, including curator of vertebrate paleontology, department chair, head of the exhibits and public programs division and the founding director of the Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI). Darcie MacMahon also retired after 35 years at the museum, serving the last 10 as head of exhibits and public programs. MacMahon left an indelible mark on our exhibition program. We thank them both for their many years of dedicated museum service!

 

Finally, Jon Bloch completed two successful terms as chair of the department of natural history. He is succeeded by David Blackburn. Both Blackburn and Rob Guralnick were elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science this year.

 

Fiscal year 2025 promises to be equally exciting as we begin construction on our long-awaited renovation and expansion of Powell Hall. The project will create a home for our Thompson Earth Systems Institute, completely modernize the front entrance to the museum, including a new roof, build a state-of-the-art classroom, construct a new interactive exhibition gallery for our “Earth to Florida” exhibit, enlarge the Collectors Shop, and redesign our outdoor spaces and customer service facilities, as well as upgrade finishes throughout. We can’t wait to get started!

 

As always, we are grateful for your enthusiastic support as we strive to inspire people to care about life on Earth and make a positive difference in its future. Enjoy the rest of our annual report.

 

Doug Jones,
Director

Doug Jones receives distinguished service award from American Alliance of Museums

The American Alliance of Museums selected Douglas S. Jones as the 2024 recipient of its award for distinguished service to museums. The award is considered the “most prestigious in the museum profession” and recognizes individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions throughout a museum career lasting 20 or more years. Jones has served as director of the Florida Museum of Natural History since 1997, the longest tenure of any director at a major natural history museum in the U.S.

 

Doug AAM

Doug Jones (center) displaying his AAM award after the ceremony.

Jones has spent the majority of his career building the Florida Museum of Natural History from a small but vigorous state museum to one of national prominence. After finishing his doctoral degree at Princeton, he accepted a position with the University of Florida department of geology in 1979 and later applied for a curatorial position at the Florida Museum that opened in 1985. After becoming associate curator of invertebrate paleontology, Jones grew the collection from an initial stock of 50,000 specimens to its current size of more than 7 million. This makes it one of the largest invertebrate paleontology collections in the United States.

 

Jones’ time as director has been similarly fruitful. The number of faculty and staff members has doubled in size under his leadership, as has the number of annual visitors. He oversaw the interior fabrication of the museum’s new exhibit hall in the late 1990s and successfully advocated for the establishment of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, which now houses one of the world’s largest moth and butterfly collections. He later garnered funds for the construction of a special collections building to safely store the museum’s cache of 4 million specimens preserved in ethyl or isopropyl alcohol.

 

Jones has helped raise more than $175 million in private funds for museum initiatives and has consistently encouraged innovation and continued learning among staff. He is the emeritus chair of the board of the American Alliance of Museums and has served as board chair or member of numerous museum organizations and foundations throughout his career.

Left to right: Doug Jones near the Special Collections Building construction site; former Associate Director Graig Shaak and Jones pose in the “A T. rex Named Sue” exhibit, sponsored by McDonald’s Corporation; Jones collects clams in the Gulf of Mexico for his sclerochronology research; Jones showcases a few butterfly friends in the “Butterfly Rainforest” exhibit; Jones prepares to work at a dig site for the Panama Canal Project (PCP) PIRE; Jones and colleague Irvy Quitmyer collaborate on a research project; a monarch butterfly alights on Jones’ hat while visiting their overwintering grounds in Mexico.

Research & Collections

Department of Natural History Highlights

 

The Department of natural history’s faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students had an exceptional year. The department maintained its track record of publishing high-impact science and successfully competed for more than $4.34 million in new external funding to support research. Both scientists and students discovered new collections and conducted research on six continents, in 13 states and in two-thirds of Florida’s counties. Staff members have made great progress in reorganizing and refurbishing collection spaces vacated in Dickinson Hall after moving fluid-preserved specimens to the new Special Collections Building. The museum welcomed three new faculty members — Arthur Porto, assistant curator of artificial intelligence for natural history and biodiversity; Jonathan Nations, assistant curator of mammals; and Glaucia Del-Rio, assistant curator of ornithology — and hired two new faculty members focused on vertebrate paleontology and butterflies. New staff members were also hired to support molecular genetics and genomics, and a bioarchaeologist came aboard to lead the division’s efforts to repatriate remains of U.S. Indigenous people. In collaboration with the exhibits and public programs division, staff members opened the interactive exhibition “Science Up Close: Incredible Insects,” highlighting research and scientists in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity as well as UF’s entomology and nematology department. The natural history department is proud of all the accomplishments made by its faculty, staff and students, many of whom received notable awards this year in recognition of their work.

Erethizon poyeri lacked the specialized jaw that modern North American porcupines have, which allows them to scrape away bark from trees. ©Florida Museum/Vertebrate Paleontology

Unearthing the Past

This year, fossil discoveries by Florida Museum researchers revealed how modern animals and plants got to where they are today. Building on an earlier federally funded project to work in the Panama Canal, scientists determined the world’s most ecologically diverse bats may have originated in North America, contrary to previous interpretations. Students also rewrote the history of North America’s sole porcupine species using remarkable fossils preserved nearly 2 million years ago in Florida. Fossil seeds and fruits revealed the early history of walnuts north of the Arctic Circle, and scientists determined that mysterious specimens collected 50 years ago in India are the oldest known representatives of the family containing frankincense and myrrh. Museum paleontologists are also using sediments from the seafloor to understand what fossil shells, corals and other invertebrates can tell scientists about ecosystems today, including how human-driven changes to these environments alter the ability to accurately interpret the past.

Amanda Hall studied the distribution of strange clay spheres called Lamar balls, which were made by Indigenous people, the identity of whom remains unknown. ©Florida Museum/Kristen Grace

People Movers

Several new staff members working with the archaeological collections, including Amanda Hall, joined the team this year. Scientists used ancient DNA from cow bones preserved in the Caribbean and Mexico to show that Spanish settlers began importing African cattle to the Americas at least 100 years earlier than previously thought. A large study of parrot bones from Caribbean archaeological and paleontological sites suggests that Indigenous peoples purposefully moved these charismatic birds among islands and that many parrot species have been lost since people’s arrival there. Using genetic data, Florida Museum mammalogists found that human head lice arrived twice in the Americas: once through early human migrations across the Bering Strait and again much later with European arrival. A recently funded National Science Foundation award will support museum botanists and artificial intelligence scientists to understand how humans have shaped the distribution of plants in the Mediterranean. And if readers are interested in walking through living history, please visit the museum’s Randell Research Center, where the Calusa Heritage Trail has recently reopened after all the debris and damage from Hurricane Ian in 2022 was cleared.

Specimens once restricted solely to the scientists who study them are now available as 3D models to everyone. ©Florida Museum/oVert

Collections Giving Back

As one of the largest university museums, the institution’s scientists are dedicated to supporting researchers and other communities both on campus and around the world. This past year, it celebrated the completion of a federally funded project that provides free online access to thousands of vertebrate specimens. Digital representations of specimens and artifacts are useful for researchers and students, but they can also make identification in the field easier, helping in the conservation of endangered species like freshwater mussels. The Florida Museum remains committed to working with tribal communities to repatriate ancestral remains and artifacts and received funds from the National Park Service to support this critical work. The museum also continued to create an inclusive and welcoming experience for all visitors and to highlight contributions from underrepresented groups, which included an exhibit on Black scientists led by a museum graduate student.

The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History has received two grants to help boost wildflower and pollinator populations in Florida. ©Florida Museum/Jeff Gage

Floridian Floras & Faunas

Museum scientists continue to explore the state’s biodiversity and promote its conservation. New genetic studies of Florida scrub mints reveal likely unnamed species and gaps in federal protection. The protection and enhancement of native habitats remains a focus for many Florida Museum scientists, who are concerned about dramatic declines in insect species such as moths in the southeastern U.S. Butterfly experts received new funding to plant and monitor native wildflowers important for supporting migrating butterflies. At UF, staff and volunteers continue to enrich McCarty Woods, a small forested area at the heart of the university’s campus used as a natural teaching area; this year, volunteers chose five local trees from McCarty Woods for genome-sequencing, a first for each of these species.

Harlan Gough and other researchers used a combination of hand nets, light traps and pitfall traps to collect tiger beetle specimens for their study. Photo courtesy of Peter Houlihan

Organismal Operations

Every year, staff members document previously undescribed species, but they also make discoveries of how organisms evolve and live. This past year, scientists joined an international team to create the largest yet tree of life for plants with more than 9,500 species. After centuries of speculation, researchers conclusively determined why many insects are attracted to artificial lights by using high-speed cameras. Research in the southwestern U.S. revealed that tiger beetles fend off bats by mimicking the ultrasonic sounds made by toxic tiger moths. And researchers discovered that strange subterranean amphibians pass microbes to their offspring using a skin-tingling parenting strategy unlike any other.

The Red Sea is surrounded by deserts on all sides, but beneath the waves, it supports some of the world’s most unique, diverse and resilient coral reefs. Photo courtesy of Morgan-Bennett Smith

Biodiversity Bonanza

The year was filled with discovery and innovation as the Florida Museum continued to document the animals and plants with which it shares the planet. Invertebrate zoologists described nine new land snail species from Papua New Guinea and conducted extensive surveys of coral reefs in the Red Sea. Ichthyologists discovered that a small freshwater fish species common in the aquarium trade was an undescribed species from a small area of the border of Thailand and Myanmar. An international team that includes Florida Museum scientists competed in a multimillion-dollar competition to create new technology to thoroughly inventory biodiversity in a tropical rainforest in just two days. And lepidoptera collection manager Andrei Sourakov teamed up with his daughter to write “The Little Book of Butterflies” about the natural history and evolution of the world’s butterflies.

Collections & Research Data

221

Peer-reviewed publications

19

New grants and contracts worth $4.34 million

271

Undergraduates working in the collections

33

Postdoctoral fellows working in the collections

40+

Million specimens & artifacts

84,542

New accessions to collections

162,312

New specimens & artifacts cataloged

148,545

Specimens & artifacts loaned via 249 loans

7,700

Editorial mentions in news articles

Research Locations

100%
Zoom level changed to 1

100%
Zoom level changed to 1

100%
Zoom level changed to 1

McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity

 

It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened its doors thanks to the visionary support of Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Tom Emmel. It has accomplished so much in that time span. Donated collections have doubled the size of the specimen holdings, and the institute now has one of the largest butterfly and moth collections in the world. Endowments from loyal donors provided funds for lepidoptera experts in the U.S. and abroad to visit the center and study valuable specimens. Dozens of doctoral and master’s students with the McGuire Center have graduated and found jobs in academia, conservation and industry. And staff and students have produced over 1,000 research publications and authored several books for scientific and general audiences.

 

As the McGuire Center continues to grow, so, too, will its emphasis on education and outreach at local, national and international scales. Researchers at the center are constantly developing new and innovative techniques to disentangle moth and butterfly diversity and find the most effective ways to monitor and protect insects in the face of rapid climate change. The McGuire Center has a bright future with many more discoveries to come and is thankful to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

The Daniels Lab hosted a plant giveaway at the Millhopper Library Branch as part of a series of public outreach events to talk about pollinator conservation and planting native plants. ©Florida Museum/Kristen Grace

Leading the Charge

The Daniels Lab received a Champions for Change award from the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition for its butterfly conservation efforts. Research in the Daniels Lab focuses on helping Florida’s native butterfly species, like the endangered Schaus’ swallowtails, recover from habitat loss, climate change and other threats.

Pink Star Moth, Derrima stellata ©Florida Museum/Deborah Matthews

International Collaboration

The 2023 Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Joint Conference was hosted at the McGuire Center in October. More than 50 lepidopterists attended from across the U.S. The meeting included presentations from faculty, staff, students and visitors of the center.

Roy Goff traveled from his home base in England to photograph several hundred species of Sub-Saharan African moths in the collection. ©Florida Museum/Deborah Matthews

Contributions and Awards

The 2023-2024 McGuire Center Visiting Researcher Awards, funded by Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith, supported collaboration and the enhancement of its vast butterfly and moth collections. Researchers from renowned institutions, such as the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the California Academy of Sciences, utilized the collection’s resources and contributed their expertise to its curation.

Jackie Miller poses for a photo while collecting butterflies and moths around Dean’s Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas. ©Florida Museum/Deborah Matthews

Team Transitions

The McGuire Center recently hired a new permanent staff member. Deborah Matthews was promoted to a collections manager and began her new position in June. She specializes in systematics of moths, especially Caribbean species. At the end of 2023,  Jacqueline “Jackie” Miller, emeritus Allyn curator of lepidoptera, retired from the McGuire Center before passing away peacefully this summer. She was an internationally recognized researcher of butterflies and moths. Miller had such a positive impact on the lives of her colleagues, countless students and many aspiring scientists throughout her career. She also authored or co-authored three books and more than 158 papers.

Bella moths, Utetheisa ornatrix, protect themselves from predators with toxins derived from the plants they eat. ©Florida Museum/Andrei Sourakov

Vision for the Future

Akito Kawahara became the McGuire Center’s newest director in August 2023, taking over from Keith Willmott, who held the role for three years. Kawahara looks to expand the McGuire Center’s education and public programs globally while remaining committed to innovation. The center has already embraced newer research fields like genomics, CT scanning and the use of modern technologies like the citizen science app iNaturalist, which allows users to provide valuable data for researchers.

Insects fly in complex revolutions around an artificial light source, keeping their backs to the bulb, which they seem incapable of distinguishing from the night sky. Photo courtesy of Sam Fabian

Landmark Discoveries

Since humans first began using fire, they’ve wondered why insects seem to have an irresistible attraction to light. Using high-speed cameras, scientists have now determined how artificial light disrupts the ancient navigation system that insects use to orient themselves, trapping them in an endless, circular flight path. Scientists also learned more about bella moths, which are so toxic that spiders will cut them out of their webs. They sequenced the bella moth genome, showing that this species picked up an extra gene that detoxifies a type of alkaloid, giving them an evolutionary advantage over their predators.

Staff & Faculty Teaching

105

Graduate committees chaired

152

Graduate committees served

92

Independent studies supervised

39

Courses taught by museum faculty

Outreach

Exhibits & Public Programs

 

This year saw invention, collaboration and celebration take center stage at the museum, with the opening of innovative new exhibits and the achievement of significant milestones. Over a quarter of a million people visited from 66 Florida counties, all 50 states and 45 countries.

 

The opening of “Water Shapes Florida” offered a reimagined look at the Sunshine State’s freshwater environments while also refreshing museum favorites like the limestone cave and hammock forest habitats. “Science Up Close: Incredible Insects” sparked a summer of cross-campus collaboration and programming with the exhibit featuring 18 labs from the museum and the University of Florida entomology and nematology department, educating visitors on a wide swath of changing topics including native butterflies, pest management in urban areas and using fruit flies in genetic research. The iconic “Butterfly Rainforest” celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking a significant achievement for one of the area’s most beloved attractions. After two decades on the road, the “Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived” traveling exhibit was retired, and its artifacts were returned to the museum’s collections. This widely successful exhibit toured 18 states and reached more than 1.6 million visitors in the United States and Canada.

 

Education initiatives continued to flourish, with hundreds of outreach programs in the community as well as on-site events catering to a wide range of audiences. The museum’s partnership with First Magnitude saw fun, diverse events being held at the brewery like the premiere of “TreeTender 2” and the launch of the Night Life Black IPA, while Pollinator Palooza allowed hundreds of free, native plants to be distributed to the community. The Museum in the Parks program continued to inspire local organizations like Girls Place Inc. and Children Beyond Our Borders by allowing kids to explore the wonders of the natural world with educators and scientists. Science Surprises brought exciting, hands-on activities to partners around Alachua County, including new organizations like the Gainesville Circus Center. Early childhood initiatives, including Tot Trots and the Head Start Discovery Time collaboration, continued to thrive, reaching dozens of young families every month. Public programs like Girls Do Science and Can You Dig it? provided memorable experiences with engaging hands-on activities on a variety of topics. Finally, the annual Plant Sale was again a resounding success, with staff members selling more than 10,000 plants featuring over 250 Florida- and pollinator-friendly species. A banner year for the team as the museum gets ready to expand!

Attendance & Outreach Data

255,667

Annual visitation

11,211

Public program participants

627,037

Visitors to museum traveling exhibits at other venues

4,180

Youth program participants

17,326

Youth field trip participants

4,809

Community outreach participants

A young visitor learns about turtle conservation during Word Sea Turtle day. ©Florida Museum/Bonny Matejowsky

Sea Turtle Conservation

The Florida Museum celebrated World Sea Turtle Day with UF’s Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research. Visitors learned about Florida sea turtles and what they can do to protect them. Activities included stepping into the flippers of a loggerhead turtle with Project SHELL, a virtual reality simulation that allows guests to immerse themselves in the daily life of a loggerhead as it hatches and grows to become a nesting adult. Researchers from various organizations participated in the event and spoke with visitors about sea turtle conservation and careers in marine biology.

Families use dip nets in the UF Natural Area Teaching Laboratory adjacent to the museum. ©Florida Museum/Jivana Wilhoit

Exploring Nature Together

The museum continued to host Family Discovery Camps, which allowed children in grades K-6 and their families to explore the natural world with scientists and museum staff members in outdoor experiences. Participants discovered how scientists work in the field and learned how to use the tools of science themselves. Topics included spiders, reptiles and amphibians, and mammals.

Realistic models like this Cryolophosaurus teach visitors about some of the dinosaur species that lived in Antarctica. Photo courtesy of Bria Woods for the Witte Museum

Dinosaurs of the Tundra

While Antarctica is a frozen land of snow today, this exciting exhibition revealed the lush habitat it once was 200 million years ago and the unique animals that called it home. Visitors learned about rare dinosaurs and the history of the continent with real fossils and engaging interactives, bringing Antarctica’s unique dinosaurs, like the Cryolophosaurus and Glacialisaurus, to life. The exhibit also featured research in Antarctica and the challenges of fieldwork and science in this polar environment. “Antarctic Dinosaurs” presented information on how the drastic change to the continent’s habitat from forest to ice can inform us about past, present and future changes to the world’s climate.

This illustration titled “Mother Nature” and others in the exhibit were created by Alnycea Blackwell.

Black in Natural History

Produced by the Black in Natural History Museums organization, the exhibit showcased the contributions of Black people to natural history and consisted of 17 profiles that feature modern and historical researchers, artists and curators across eight fields of research. Profiles were placed throughout the museum near a relevant exhibit and highlighted the experiences and contributions of each person. In addition to celebrating their accomplishments, the harsh challenges and adversity faced by these people were noted. The profiles include historical figures like John Edmonstone, a former enslaved person who taught taxidermy to Charles Darwin; Margaret Collins, the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in entomology; and contemporary researchers like mammologist Brandon Kilbourne and wildlife ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant.

A male paradise jumping spider, Habronattus pyrrithrix, dances for a female, showing off his brilliant colors. Photo courtesy of Colin Hutton

Sassy Spider Moves

Museum visitors learned about the foot-tapping mating rituals of spiders in the “Colorful Dancing Spiders” exhibit. Stunning images showcased the vivid colors and beauty of tiny jumping spiders, some of which are smaller than a Q-tip. Videos of assistant research scientist Lisa Taylor from the University of Florida’s Taylor Lab provided more detail about the arachnids’ unique dances and spider research at the entomology and nematology department. Display cases highlighted some of the tools and experiments scientists use to learn about the insects’ mating and feeding habits, including distinctive tests involving makeup, paints and toothpicks. Like humans, these spiders are highly visual creatures and use their large, forward-facing eyes to find mates as well as to hunt. Despite their tiny size, they are voracious predators with exceptional vision and hunt mosquitoes, fruit flies, small cockroaches and garden pests.

“TreeTender 2” follows a young woman, Gaia, becoming the newest TreeTender with the task of taking care of biodiversity on the planet.

TreeTender Returns

Art and science collide in this celebration of the diversity of life on Earth! “TreeTender 2,” a short film developed by Florida Museum faculty in collaboration with UF’s Digital Worlds Institute, continues the story of Gaia, a young woman becoming the newest TreeTender with the task of taking care of biodiversity on the planet. In the original “TreeTender,” Gaia learns about the Tree of Life, the connections between all organisms on Earth, the importance of understanding these connections and the human connections to all life. “TreeTender 2” picks up the story and explores how understanding of the connections among species can help save biodiversity.

Thompson Earth Systems Institute

 

This year marks six years since the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) began communicating and educating about Earth systems science to inspire Floridians to be more effective stewards of the planet. This year, TESI developed new programs for Florida’s K-12 teachers, continued to support and engage undergraduates at the University of Florida, saw a return to public programming in the community, increased its digital outreach and expanded its broader impacts opportunities.

TESI Outreach Data

565

Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) scientist visits

30,600

K-12 students reached through SEFS scientist visits

6,000

Lifelong learners & undergraduate students reached by TESI outreach programs

$270,000

Funding acquired for TESI education & outreach projects

Florida schoolteachers tour the museum’s Special Collections Building. ©Florida Museum/Jeff Gage

Professional Development for Teachers

A cohort of 10 Florida elementary school teachers attended a new professional development workshop, which took place in the Florida Museum’s Special Collections Building. During the workshop, participants learned what it’s like to be a scientist working with museum collections and the processes involved in moving specimens and updating a collection. This was the first of two summer cohorts dedicated to museum collections and the nature of science.

As part of the Environmental Leaders Network, University of Florida students participate in the Hallow-green Welcome Meeting activities. ©Florida Museum/Jeff Gage

Creating Social Connections

In October 2023, TESI hosted its first official social event for the Environmental Leaders Network. Students from 23 majors attended the Hallow-green Welcome Meeting in partnership with the UF Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the UF Office of Sustainability. The 2024 cohort of Environmental Leaders Fellows received unique insights into sustainability initiatives and environmental education through hands-on activities over UF’s spring break.

TESI director Megan Ennes presents founding director Bruce MacFadden with the first Excellence in Broader Impacts award. ©Florida Museum/Lexi Bolger

Broader Impacts Award

TESI honored its founding director, Bruce MacFadden, with the inaugural TESI Award for Excellence in Broader Impacts. TESI’s current director, Megan Ennes, presented MacFadden with the award, which was created to recognize UF faculty, staff and students for initiatives that help to communicate and educate about Earth systems science topics for the benefit of Florida and beyond.

Competition winners from left to right: Alejandro Rudén (second place), Vanesa Rostán (first place), William Ortolá (third place) ©Florida Museum/Mariela Pajuelo

Encouraging Bilingual Science Communication

TESI co-sponsored the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition en Español hosted by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). In this competition, students were challenged to deliver a compelling presentation on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes in Spanish. Through participation, students enhanced their academic, presentation and research communication skills, allowing them to explain their research clearly to non-academic audiences.

UF graduate student Chelsey Bomar conducts research on water in Greenland. Photo courtesy Brent Christner

Science on Tap: Cheers from the Arctic

TESI and the UF Water Institute co-hosted a public event that offered insights into conducting water research in Greenland. It provided a unique platform for Water Institute graduate fellows and faculty members to showcase their scientific work and hone their communication skills. Science on Tap stands as a cornerstone museum event, striving to augment scientists’ communication prowess while deepening public understanding of the importance of their research.

TESI director Megan Ennes collaborates with informal educators. ©Florida Museum/Alise Cross

Stewards for the Future

Community Action Projects for the Environment is a civic action curriculum for youth ages 11 to 18 with a goal of teaching students how to have a more engaged role in their community’s future. The program helps them identify an environmental issue in their community, determine the root causes of the issue, identify decision-makers who can make a positive change and craft a persuasive ask for the decision-makers. TESI hosted four in-person training workshops across the state of Florida for informal educators looking to use and implement the curriculum with their youth.

Museum-wide Digital Engagement Data

8,675,328

3,965,907

10,623,704

220,588

25,032

6,687

45,669

4,108

16,164

13,611

2,759

215,677

Support

Wilder family continues legacy of giving

The late B.J. and Eve Wilder were prominent figures in Gainesville who left a legacy of stewardship and scientific curiosity at the University of Florida and the Florida Museum of Natural History. As active community members and nature enthusiasts, they shared an affinity for the Florida Museum’s mission. The museum has cherished the Wilders’ longtime friendship, and their presence at events and galas over the years always added a spark of joy.

 

Eve and B.J. Wilder attending the museum’s 100th Anniversary Gala in 2017.

The Wilder family’s impact on the museum continues to grow through the support of the B.J. and Eve Wilder Family Foundation. Today, B.J. and Eve’s children, Karen Wilder Scott, Buna Wilder and Terry Wilder Nicholas, proudly continue their legacy of museum advocacy, providing essential resources to staff and visitors through inspired giving.

 

“The museum is a valuable resource in the community and offers unique and immersive experiences for all ages,” Scott said. “Through its dedicated staff, the Florida Museum has become an incomparable institution, with world-class collections and researchers, and we look forward to continuing our support.”

 

The Wilders made their first major gift to support the creation of the family-favorite Beverly and Jon Thompson “Discovery Zone” exhibition. Since then, the B.J. and Eve Wilder Family Foundation has made gifts to many of the museum’s highest priority initiatives, and evidence of this support is spread throughout many museum departments. Visitors who enjoyed the new “Water Shapes Florida” exhibition or attended an educational program have felt the impact of the Wilder family.

 

Most recently, they created the B.J. and Eve Wilder Endowment, which funds student scholarships, research and travel stipends for fieldwork and conferences. Gifts such as this endowment provide an essential source of support for students as they conduct groundbreaking research in museum labs and around the world.

 

The museum is grateful for the enduring friendship of the Wilder family members and is excited to see the impacts of their support continue to flourish and grow.

 

“Throughout their years in the Gainesville community, Eve and B.J. Wilder were among the most ardent supporters of the Florida Museum,” museum director Doug Jones said. “It’s wonderful to see their heirs continue that tradition through the Wilder Family Foundation.”

Volunteer Hours

22759

Hours donated

381

Total volunteers

Fundraising Data

$5,711,364

Total Gifts FY 23-24

 

$36,678,604

Total Endowment Value

  • Cash Gifts

  • Gifts in Kind

  • Bequests

  • Other Pledges

Cash Gifts $2,002,320 35.06%
Gifts in Kind $1,898,794 33.25%
Bequests $1,110,000 19.43%
Other Pledges $700,250 12.26%

People

Leadership Changes

outside portrait of David Blackburn

David Blackburn

Department of Natural History

David Blackburn, curator of herpetology, has been named the new chair of the Department of Natural History.

outdoor portrait of Michelle LeFebvre

Michelle LeFebvre

Randell Research Center

Michelle LeFebvre, assistant curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, has been named the new director of the Randell Research Center.

Faculty & Staff Changes

  • New Hires

    • Elysia De Armas
      Museum Operations Coordinator II
    • Kelli Deleon
      Scientific Lab Manager
    • Amanda Hall
      Collection Manager II, Florida Archaeology
    • Deborah Matthews
      Collection Manager II, Lepidoptera
    • Jonathan Nations
      Assistant Curator, Mammals
    • Arthur Porto
      Assistant Curator, AI & Biodiversity
    • Christina Rau
      Administrative Assistant II
    • Jeremiah Scoone
      Groundskeeper I
    • James Young
      Web Developer II

  • Retirements

      • Linda Heffner
        Administrative Assistant II
      • Jeffery Huber
        Museum Operations Coordinator II
      • Bruce MacFadden
        Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology
      • Darcie MacMahon
        Associate Director, Exhibits and Public Programs
      • Colin Martin
        Fiscal Assistant II
      • Jacquline Miller
        Curator, Lepidoptera

Financials

Revenue

$38.73M

  • UF and State Allocation

  • Gifts

  • Contracts and Grants

  • Earned Income

  • Investment Income

  • Other UF Income

UF/State Allocation $14.95M 38.60%
Gifts $8.40M 21.69%
Contracts and Grants $7.93M 20.48%
Earned Income $2.84M 7.33%
Investment Income $2.42M 6.25%
Other UF Income $2.19M 5.65%

Expenses

$28.66M

  • Salaries and Benefits

  • Other Operating Expenses

  • Overhead and Other Fees

  • Transfers for Future Programming

Salaries & Benefits $19.04M 66.43%
Other Operating Expenses $6.96M 24.29%
Overhead/Other Fees $2.10M 7.32%
Transfers for Future Programming $0.56M 1.96%

Awards & Honors

2023-2024 University of Florida Graduate Student Mentoring Award

Orlando Acevedo-Charry

2023 AAAS Fellow

David Blackburn

2023 Convergence Research (CORE) Institute Fellow

Nicolas Gauthier

2023 AAAS Fellow

Robert Guralnick

American Alliance of Museums Distinguished Service Award

Douglas Jones

2024 University of Florida Research Foundation Professor

Michal Kowalewski

2024 University of Florida Excellence Award for Assistant Professors

Michelle LeFebvre

2023 Distinguished Fellow of the Botanical Society of America

Steven Manchester

First Place, 2023 University of Florida Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition

Luis Torres

Association for Academic Women Emerging Scholar Award

María Vallejo-Pareja

Florida Museum Dirty Trowel Award

Olivia Zhang

University of Florida Champions for Change Award

Daniels Lab

Publications

  1. Abarca, M., A.L. Parker, E. Larsen, J. Umbanhowar, C. Earl, R.P. Guralnick, J. Kingsolver, and L. Ries. 2024. How development and survival combine to determine the thermal sensitivity of insects. PLOS ONE 19(1):e0291393. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291393.
  2. Abramowitz, B., M. Ennes, B. Kester, and P. Antonenko. 2024. Scientist-school STEM partnerships through outreach in the USA: A systematic review. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education 2024:1-23. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-024-10445-7.
  3. Allmon, W.D., C.A. Tapia, and R.W. Portell. 2024. A turritelline gastropod-dominated limestone from the Pliocene of northern Chile: Paleoenvironmental and paleooceanographic implications. Journal of South American Sciences 142:104980. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2024.104980.
  4. Ausprey, I.J., F.L. Newell, and S.K. Robinson. 2023. Dispersal limitation predicts the spatial and temporal filtering of tropical bird communities in isolated forest fragments. Functional Ecology 38(1):179-193. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14462.
  5. Ausprey, I.J., F.L. Newell, and S.K. Robinson. 2023. Sensitivity of tropical montane birds to anthropogenic disturbance and management strategies for their conservation in agricultural landscapes. Conservation Biology 37(6):e14136. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14136.
  6. Barrios, D., S. Arias, L.R. González-Torrez, and L.C. Majure. 2023. Annotated list of native and naturalized cacti of Cuba. Botanical Sciences 101(4):2023. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17129/botsci.3324.
  7. Bauer, A., R.P. Guralnick, S. Whitehead, N. Barve, J. Allen, and L. Campbell. 2024. Land use predicts proportion of West Nile virus competent mosquitoes. Ecosphere 15(2):e4771. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4771.
  8. Belitz, M., A. Sawyer, L.K. Hendrick, A.Y. Kawahara, and R.P. Guralnick. 2024. Substantial urbanization-driven declines of larval and adult moths in a subtropical environment. Global Change Biology 30(3):e17241. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17241.
  9. Bentley, A., B. Thiers, W.E. Moser, G.J. Watkins-Colwell, B.M. Zimkus, A.K. Monfils, N.M. Franz, J.M. Bates, K. Boundy-Mills, M.W. Lomas, E.R. Ellwood, S. Poo, D.L. Contreras, M.S. Webster, G. Nelson, and J.L. Pandey. 2024. Community action: Planning for specimen management in funding proposals. BioScience 4:biae032. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biae032.
  10. Bird, D., R.K. Bocinsky, K.M. Reese, and T.A. Kohler. 2024. Settlement persistence in the prehispanic central Mesa Verde Region: A dynamic analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 56:104515. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104515.
  11. Blackburn, D.C., D.M. Boyer, J.A. Gray, J. Winchester, J.M. Bates, S.L. Baumgart, E. Braker, D. Coldren, K.W. Conway, A. Davis Rabosky, N. de la Sancha, C.B. Dillman, J.L. Dunnum, C.M. Early, B.W. Frable, M.W. Gage, J. Hanken, J.A. Maisano, B.D. Marks, K.P. Maslenikov, J.E. McCormack, R.S. Nagesan, G.G. Pandelis, H.L. Prestridge, D.L. Rabosky, Z.S. Randall, M.B. Robbins, L.A. Scheinberg, C.L. Spencer, A.P. Summers, L. Tapanila, C.W. Thompson, L. Tornabene, G.J. Watkins-Colwell, L.J. Welton, the oVert Project Team, and E.L. Stanley. 2024. Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D-imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network. BioScience 74(3):169-186. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad120.
  12. Blackburn, D.C., J.A. Gray, and E.L. Stanley. 2024. The only “lungless” frog has a glottis and lungs. Current Biology 34(10):R492-R493. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.017.
  13. Bourque, J.R., E.L. Stanley, and R.C. Hulbert Jr. 2023. A Late Miocene occurrence of the extinct salamander Batrachosauroides (Caudata, Batrachosauroididae) and other new caudate fossils from Florida and Georgia, USA. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 60(4):235-255. DOI:https://doi.org/10.58782/flmnh.tzqg4599.
  14. Boyd, B.M., N. House, C.W. Carduck, and D.L. Reed. 2024. Genomic diversity in the endosymbiotic bacteria of human head lice. Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(4):msae064. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae064.
  15.  Boyes, D., C. Skojec, A.Y. Kawahara, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Management, Samples and Laboratory Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life Core Informatics team, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, and Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2024. The genome sequence of the Straw underwing, Thalpophila matura (Hufnagel, 1766). Wellcome Open Research 9:71. DOI:https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20640.1.
  16. Boyes, D., L.M. Crowley, University of Oxford and Wytham Woods Genome Acquisition Lab, Darwin Tree of Life Barcoding collective, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree of Life programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations: DNA Pipelines collective, Tree of Life Core Informatics collective, C. Skojec, D. Plotkin, A.Y. Kawahara, Darwin Tree of Life Consortium. 2024. The genome sequence of the 6-spot burnet, Zygaena filipendulae (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research 7:197. DOI:https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17924.2.
  17. Brame, J.E., C. Liddicoat, C.A. Abbott, R.A. Edwards, J.M. Robinson, N.E. Gauthier, and M.F. Breed. 2024. The macroecology of butyrate-producing bacteria via metagenomic assessment of butyrate production capacity. Ecology and Evolution 14(5):e11239. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11239.
  18.  Bright, J., C. Ebert, C. Flores, P. Harnik, J.W. Huntley, M. Kowalewski, R.W. Portell, M. Retelle, E.A.G. Schuur, and D.S. Kaufman. 2024. Comparing MICADAS gas source, direct carbonate, and standard graphite 14C determinations of biologic carbonate. Radiocarbon 66(2):295-305. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2024.45.
  19. Burns-Dunn, S., C.M. House, K.R. Duffield, B. Foquet, B.M. Sadd, S.K. Sakaluk, and J. Hunt. 2024. Sexually antagonistic coevolution of the male nuptial gift and female feeding behaviour in decorated crickets. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291(2026):20240804. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0804.
  20. Buschke, F.T., C. Capitani, E.H. Sow, Y. Khaemba, B.A. Kaplin, A. Skowno, D. Chiawo, T. Hirsch, E.R. Ellwood, H. Clements, M.F. Child, P.R. Huber, L. von Staden, T. Hagenimana, A.K. Killion, M.Mindje, K.S. Mpakairi, M. Taymond, D. Matlombe, D. Mbeya, and A. von Hase. 2023. Make global biodiversity information useful to national decision-makers. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:1953-1956. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02226-2.
  21. Byrum, S.R., B.S. Frazier, R.D. Grubbs, G.J.P. Naylor, and G.J. Fraser. 2024. Embryonic development in the Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), a viviparous hammerhead shark. Developmental Dynamics 253(3):351-362. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.658.
  22. Campbell, L., A. Bauer, Y. Tavares, R.P. Guralnick, and D. Reuman. 2024. Broadscale spatial synchrony in a West Nile virus mosquito vector across multiple timescales. Scientific Reports 14:12479. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-62384-6.
  23. Carvalho, A.P.S., H.L. Owens, R.A. St Laurent, C. Earl, K.M. Dexter, R.L. Messcher, K.R. Willmott, K. Aduse-Poku, S.C. Collins, N.T. Homziak, S. Hoshizaki, Y.-F. Hsu, A.G. Kizhakke, K. Kunte, D.J. Martins, N.O. Mega, S. Morinaka, D. Peggie, H.P. Romanowski, S. Sáfián, R. Vila, H. Wang, M.F. Braby, M. Espeland, J.W. Breinholt, N.E. Pierce, A.Y. Kawahara, and D.J. Lohman. 2024. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience 27(4):109336. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109336.
  24.  Casartelli, M., T.I. Terraneo, A. Anker, S. Vimercati, D. Maggioni, G. Paulay, and F. Benzoni. 2023. New ecological and phylogenetic insights in the boring barnacle Berndtia utinomi, 1950 (Acrothoracica: Lithoglyptidae) reveal higher diversity, new hosts, and range extension to the Western Indian Ocean. Marine Biodiversity 53:74. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-023-01379-4.
  25. Chanderbali, A.S., C. Dervinis, I.G. Anghel, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, and F. Zapata. 2024. Draft genome assemblies for two species of Escallonia (Escalloniales). BMC Genomic Data 25:1. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-023-01186-7.
  26. Claunch, N., C. Goodman, B.M. Kluever, N. Barve, R.P. Guralnick, and C. Romagosa. 2023. Commonly collected thermal performance data can inform species distributions in a data-limited invader. Scientific Reports 13:15880. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43128-4.
  27. Cobb, C.R. 2024. Landscapes of predation and the sigh of history. pp. 291-311. In: B.J. Bowser and C.M. Cameron, eds. Landscapes of Movement and Predation. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  28. Cobb, C.R., A.M. Krus, A. Deter-Wolf, K.E. Smith, E.A. Boudreaux III, and B.R. Lieb. 2024. The beginning of the end: Abandonment micro-histories in the Mississippian Vacant Quarter. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 31:619-643. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-023-09613-w.
  29. Crespo, M.B., M. Martínez-Azorín, and E.V. Mavrodiev. 2024. “Reticulata irises”: A nomenclatural and taxonomic synopsis of the genera Alatavia and Iridodictyum (Iris subg. Hermodactyloides auct., Iridaceae). Plant Biosystems. 158(4):763-787. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2024.2357304.
  30. Da Cunha, L., L.W. Viñola-López, R.D.E. MacPhee, L. Kerber, J. Vélez-Juarbe, P.-O. Antoine, M. Boivin, L. Hautier, R. Lebrun, L. Marivaux, and P.-H. Fabre. 2023. The inner ear of caviomorph rodents: Phylogenetic implications and application to extinct West Indian taxa. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 30:1155-1176. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-023-09675-3.
  31. Das, K., M.-O. Rödel, E.L. Stanley, A.N. Srikanthan, K. Shanker, and S.P. Vijayakumar. 2023. Reed bamboos drive skull shape evolution in bush frogs of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India. Ecology and Evolution 13(9):e10493. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10493.
  32.  Deng, M., J. Kvaček, Z. Heřmanová, and S.R. Manchester. 2024. Comparative nut morphology and biogeographic implications of Carya ventricosa from the Miocene of Europe. International Journal of Plant Sciences 185(2):109-128. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1086/728185.
  33. Denton, J.S.S., J. Kneebone, L. Yang, A. Lynghammar, D. McElroy, S. Corrigan, K. Jakobsdóttir, C. Miri, M. Simpson, and G.J.P. Naylor. 2024. Mitogenomic evidence of population differentiation of Thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, in the North Atlantic. Journal of Fish Biology 104(5):1513-1524. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15689.
  34. Di Martino, E., B. Berning, D.P. Gordon, P. Kuklinski, L.H. Liow, M.H. Ramsfjell, H.L. Ribeiro, A.M. Smith, P.D. Taylor, K.L. Voje, A. Aeschenbach, and A. Porto. 2023. DeepBryo: A web app for AI-assisted morphometric characterization of cheilostome bryozoans. Limnology and Oceanography Methods 21(9):542-551. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10563.
  35. Doby, J.R., C.M. Siniscalchi, M. Pajuelo, J. Krigbaum, D.E. Soltis, R.P. Guralnick, and R.A. Folk. 2024. Elemental and isotopic analysis of leaves predicts nitrogen-fixing phenotypes. Scientific Reports 14:20065. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70412-8.
  36. Duke, C.T., N.J. Wallis, L. Bloch, A.S. Cordell, and M.D. Glascock. 2023. Sourcing ritual specialists in ancient Tampa Bay (AD 650-1550): A multi-method chemical and petrographic approach. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 71:101528. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2023.101528.
  37. Duque, J.C., M. Balk, W. Dahdul, H. Lapp, I. Mikó, E. Alhajjar, B. Wynd, S. Tarasov, C. Lawrence, B. Khakurel, and A. Porto, L. Yan, I.E. Fluck, D.S. Porto, J.N. Keating, I.T. Borokini, K.C. Seltmann, G. Montanaro, and P. Mabee. 2024. Meeting report for the Phenoscape TraitFest 2023 with comments on organizing interdisciplinary meetings. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 8:e115232. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.8.115232.
  38. Eeraerts, M., L.W. DeVetter, P. Batáry, J.J. Ternest, R. Mallinger, M. Arrington, F.E. Benjamin, B.R. Blaauw, J.W. Campbell, P. Cavigliasso, J.C. Daniels, G. Arjen de Groot, J.D. Ellis, J. Gibbs, L. Goldstein, G.D. Hoffman, D. Kleijn, A. Melathopoulos, S.Z. Miller, A. Montero-Castaño, S.M. Naranjo, C.C. Nicholson, J.A. Perkins, S. Rao, N.E. Raine, J.R. Reilly, T.H. Ricketts, E. Rogers, and R. Isaacs. 2023. Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees. Journal of Applied Ecology 60(12):2528-2539. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14516.
  39. Encarnación Piñeyro, Y., W. Cinea, and L.C. Majure. 2023. Towards a treatment for the cactus family (Cactaceae) on Hispaniola: Generic key, species checklist, nomenclatural assessments and distribution notes. Haseltonia 30(1):67-95. DOI:https://doi.org/10.2985/026.030.0108.
  40. Ennes, M. and N. Triana. 2024. A retrospective study of a climate change communication train-the-trainer program. Environmental Education Research 1-18. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2309590.
  41. Federico, N., R.P. Guralnick, M. Belitz. 2024. Large uncertainty in trait responses across insects among overall declines in a subtropical city. Insect Conservation and Diversity 17(2):312-323. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12731.
  42. Folk, R.A., A.A. Maassoumi, C.M. Siniscalchi, H.R. Kates, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, M. Belitz, and R.P. Guralnick. 2024. Phylogenetic diversity and regionalization in the temperate arid zone. Journal of Systematics and Evolution Online Early. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13077.
  43. Folk, R.A., C.M. Siniscalchi, J. Doby, H.R. Kates, S.R. Manchester, P.S. Soltis, D.E. Soltis, R.P. Guralnick, and M. Belitz. 2024. Spatial phylogenetics of Fagales: Investigating drivers of temperate forest distributions. Journal of Biogeography 51(8):1518-1532. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14840.
  44. Folk, R.A., J.L.M. Charboneau, M. Belitz, T. Singh, H.R. Kates, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, R.P. Guralnick, and C.M. Siniscalchi. 2024. Anatomy of a mega-radiation: Biogeography and niche evolution in Astragalus. American Journal of Botany 111(3):e16299. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16299.
  45. Folk, R.A., R.P. Guralnick, and R. LaFrance. 2024. FloraTraiter: Automated parsing of traits from descriptive biodiversity literature. Applications in Plant Sciences 12(1):e11563. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11563.
  46. Franck, A.R. 2024. Revision of Sapindus sect. Sapindus (Sapindeae, Sapindoideae, Sapindaceae), including the description of three new species. Phytotaxa 648(1):1-71. DOI:https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.648.1.1.
  47.  Frandsen, P.B., R.W. Holzenthal, M. Espeland, J. Breinholt, J.A. Thomas Thorpe, S. Simon, A.Y. Kawahara, D. Plotkin, S. Hotaling, Y. Li, C.R. Nelson, O. Niehuis, C. Mayer, L. Podsiadlowski, A. Donath, B. Misof, E.M. Lemmon, A. Lemmon, J.C. Morse, S. Liu, S.U. Pauls, and X. Zhou. 2024. Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 291:20240514. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0514.
  48. Freeman, J., E. Robinson, D. Bird, R.J. Hard, R.P. Mauldin, and J.M. Anderies. 2024. The long-term expansion and recession of human populations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(12):e2312207121. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312207121.
  49. Freitas, A.V.L., L. Braga, A.H.B. Rosa, and K.R. Willmott. 2024. Rediscovery of Adelpha herbita herbita Weymer 1907 more than a century after its description (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 34(1):40-43. DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10882152.
  50. Fu, X.-G., S.Y. Liu, R. van Velzen, G. Stull, Q. Tian, Y.-X. Li, R.A. Folk, R.P. Guralnick, H.R. Kates, J.-J. Jin, Z.-H. Li, D.E. Soltis, P.S. Soltis, and T.-S. Yi. 2023. Phylogenomic analysis of the hemp family (Cannabaceae) reveals deep cyto-nuclear discordance and provides new insights into generic relationships. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 61(5):806-826. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12920.
  51. Garzón-Orduña, I.J., K.L. Silva-Brandão, K.R. Willmott, A.V.L. Freitas, N. Wahlberg, and A.V.Z. Brower. 2024. Wing pattern diversity in Eunica butterflies (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae): Phylogenetic analysis reveals decoupled adaptive trends in dorsal sexual dimorphism and ventral eyespot evolution. Cladistics 40(1):1-20. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12556.
  52. Giangreco, M., M. Ennes, S. Mills, R. Burton, M. Pajuelo, M.F. LeFebvre, and A.E. Adams. 2024. Assessing an assets-based environmental fellowship through a community cultural wealth lens. Environmental Education Research 30(8):1348-1367. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2330090.
  53. Gignac, P.M., V. Aceves, S. Baker, J.J. Barnes, J. Bell, D. Boyer, D. Cunningham, F. De Carlo, M.F. Chase, K.E. Cohen, M. Colbert, T. De Cree, J.D. Daza, E. Dickinson, V. DeLeon, L. Dougan, F. Duffy, C. Dunham, C.M. Early, D.R. Edey, S. Echols, S.A. Eckley, F. Fenner, K.P. Franklin, B. Gila, F.E. Goetz, J.A. Gray, D. Gleiber, A.S. Hall, R. Hanna, M. Hannula, W. Harris, J.J. Hill, C.M. Holliday, K. Hurdle, A. Jayarajan, J.L. Knaub, A.R. Krause, A. Leavey, E.J. Lessner, L.M. Lynch, M. Maga, J. Maisano, K. Marsh, M. Marsh, E. Martin-Silverstone, J.P. Misiaszek, A.I. Neander, H.D. O’Brien, S. Olson, E. Panigot, S.M. Motch Perrine, T.J. Porri , A. Ramsey, G. Scheiffele, H.F. Smith, E.L. Stanley, S.R. Stock, C.E. Terhune, D.L. Thomas, C.A. Linares Vargas, M. Veltri, J.M. Warnett, A. Watanabe, E.A. Waters, R. Wende, D.J. Wescott, C.B. Withnell, S. Whittaker, Z.E. Wilbur, J. Wilson, M. Wilson, J. Winchester, C.B. Yoakum, and C.M. Zobek. 2024. The role of networks to overcome large-scale challenges in tomography: The non-clinical tomography users research network. Tomography of Materials and Structures 5:100031. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmater.2024.100031.
  54. Gosai, K.R., L. Zhou, Y. Liu, E. Braun, R. Kimball, S.K. Robinson, A. Jiang, and E. Goodale. 2024. Investigating flock-associated mimicry: Examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry in the Greater and Lesser Necklaced laughingthrushes. Royal Society Open Science 11(4):230976. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230976.
  55. Gough, H.M., J.J. Rubin, A.Y. Kawahara, and J.R. Barber. 2024. Tiger beetles produce anti-bat ultrasound and are probable Batesian moth mimics. Biology Letters 20(5):20230610. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0610.
  56. Grant, A.R., K.P. Johnson, E.L. Stanley, J. Baldwin-Brown, S. Kolenčík, and J.M. Allen. 2024. Rapid targeted assembly of the proteome reveals evolutionary variation of GC content in avian lice. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights 18. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/11779322241257991.
  57. Griffing, A.H., E.L. Stanley, and D.J. Paluh. 2024. The first report of preovipositional embryonic development in the Legless gecko, Lialis burtonis (Gekkota: Pygopodidae). The Anatomical Record Online Early. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.25434.
  58. Groom, Q., M. Dillen, W. Addink, A.H.H. Ariño, C. Bölling, P. Bonnet, L. Cecchi, E.R. Ellwood, R. Figueira, P.-Y. Gagnier, O.M. Grace, A. Güntsch, H. Hardy, P. Huybrechts, R. Hyam, A.A.J. Joly, V.K. Kommineni, I. Larridon, L. Livermore, R.J. Lopes, S. Meeus, J.A. Miller, K. Milleville, R. Panda, M. Pignal, J. Poelen, B. Ristevski, T. Robertson, A.C. Rufino, J. Santos, M. Schermer, B. Scott, K.C. Seltmann, H. Teixeira, M. Trekels, and J. Gaikwad. 2023. Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections. Biodiversity Data Journal 11:e109439. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e109439.
  59. Guralnick, R.P., R. LaFrance, M. Denslow, S. Blickhan, M. Bouslog, S. Miller, J. Yost, J. Best, D.L. Paul, E.R. Ellwood, E. Gilbert, and J. Allen. 2024. Humans in the loop: Citizen science and machine learning synergies for overcoming herbarium digitization bottlenecks. Applications in Plant Sciences 12(1):e11560. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11560.
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