Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study…

The sea is full of vampires, animals whose sustenance comes from the blood of other animals. We highlight five bloodsuckers…

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute…

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the…

The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one…

New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures and crop fields, can act as a…

The Calusa may have been the only ancient people in North America who established a kingdom without practicing agriculture. Their…

The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, is found in every ocean except the Arctic and often washes up on Florida’s coasts.…

Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle. Commonly used…

R esearchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia’s Calvert Island. The…