Welcome to the Florida Museum blog, a source for news from around the Museum, as well as content curated from other Museum blogs.
We celebrate the extant and extinct species of Florida and the world. We also look at the behind-the-scenes challenges and excitement of life in a museum and research institution.
We think science is pretty cool. And we want to inspire everyone else to get as excited about it as we are.
Beer for butterflies
Friends, beer and . . . butterflies? Is this how we do conservation now? Our scientists have worked hard to…
Collections Battles
Social distancing during Covid challenged us all to look for fun new ways to share science. Not many people get…
Wild Life! 2020 at the Museum
Well, 2020 was a wild year! We learned a lot. Not just about science. We learned how important museums are…
Kids, cameras and the great outdoors. Virtually.
For nearly a decade, I’ve been teaching kids the basics of photography, venturing outdoors with them and learning together how…
Our COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
The Florida Museum of Natural History is OPEN to the public! The Florida Museum’s reopening plan was guided by the…
Mother of Monarchs: Unexpectedly rearing 22 caterpillars
On April 2, 2020, I began to worry that I needed more milkweed. I found three large monarch caterpillars in…