Butterfly garden initiative expands to community centers, after-school programs
After being in a COVID-19 chrysalis for over a year, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s butterfly garden program is…
Florida Museum honors 2021 Austin, Bullen student research award winners
The Florida Museum of Natural History announced the 2021 winners of the Austin and Bullen Awards for student research and…
Help advance museum science in minutes with Notes from Nature
If you have a computer, you can help move museum research forward in three minutes or less. Community scientists can…
Community science callout: Help locate rare butterfly’s host plants in Florida, Georgia
S cientists are asking the public to help find and document sundial lupine and wild indigo, host plants of the…
These moths are one of Hawaii’s oldest animal groups. Can they survive the next century?
Akito Kawahara was snapping pictures at a scenic outlook in Hawaii when he spotted the moth equivalent of a dodo.…
Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific
In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail…
Longtime Florida Museum supporters invest in state’s future with new McGurn Exhibition Hall
During its more than 100-year existence, the Florida Museum of Natural History has inspired people to learn and care about…
Escape artists: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes
The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint…
Rise of marine predators reshaped ocean life as dramatically as mass extinctions
Evolutionary arms races between marine animals overhauled ocean ecosystems on scales similar to the mass extinctions triggered by global disasters,…
Five Facts: Kudzu in Florida
Kudzu is one of the best-known weeds in the U.S. Some consider it the poster child of invasive plants –…