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.
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 excited to announce we are OPEN to the general public! The Florida Museum’s…
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…
Socially Distant Community Science 2020
Now that you watched Dave Blackburn’s video on how to use the iNaturalist app, why not go try it out…
Download FREE Museum Zoom Backgrounds
With so many people on Zoom calls lately, why not try a virtual background image from the Florida Museum? We’ve…
Ready to hop onto the iNaturalist app?
Have you heard about the iNaturalist app and want to try it out? It can be intimidating for people to…