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Colombian Evolutionary Biology Symposium 

Visiting Bogota for the Colombian Evolutionary Biology Symposium 

Sep 1, 2026

In a short escape from the intense and unforgiving Florida Summer, at the end of July I left Gainesville to visit my hometown in the mountains of Colombia. A complete … Continue

A New Mexico threadsnake (Rena dissecta), which is one of the smallest snakes in the world!

Lessons and Adventures in Herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History Southwest Regional Field Station in Arizona.

Aug 25, 2026

Thanks to the Louis C. and Jane Gapenski Endowment I was able to attend a field herpetology training course at the Southwestern Research Station run by … Continue

Tucson Mountain Park Saguaro cactus forests

Predicting extinction risk of Florida’s plants

Aug 24, 2026

Every summer, around 1,000 botanists congregate for the Botanical Society of America’s Annual Meeting. During the week-long conference, these botanists share … Continue

Holly sampling leaf tissue from Zygophyllaceae specimens for subsequent DNA extraction and sequencing

From Herbarium Specimens to DNA: Exploring Zygophyllaceae at the Smithsonian

Aug 20, 2026

The Herbarium within the United States National Museum of Natural History located in Washington D.C. houses approximately five million plant specimens representing biodiversity from … Continue

Nicholas with poster

Cacti & Colloquia: My First BOTANY 

Aug 13, 2026

My name is Nicholas Filannino, and I am about to enter the 2nd year of my PhD at the Florida … Continue

Caden Myers presenting their research on dental asymmetry in New World snail-eating snakes.

2026 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Jul 26, 2026

My name is Caden Myers and I am beginning my third year at the University of Florida studying Wildlife Ecology … Continue

Ana Lopez-Cacacho at International Society of Chemical Ecology meeting

Representing the Florida Museum of Natural History as an invited speaker at the ISCE meeting at Cornell

Jul 14, 2026

I am very grateful for the generous travel support from Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Endowment and for also receiving a travel award from … Continue

Ellie and presentation

I study shrews, not the Beatles

Jul 9, 2026

I was lucky enough to receive a travel award through the Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Endowment, which allowed me to … Continue

ocean view beach Norfolk

2026 American Society of Mammalogists meeting

Jun 30, 2026

This Summer 2026 I attended the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), which was held in … Continue

Four taxidermied racoons playing cards at a table

2026 Southeastern Bat Diversity Network meeting (SBDN) and Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals

Apr 15, 2026

This Spring 2026 I attended the annual Southeastern Bat Diversity Network meeting (SBDN) and Colloquium on the Conservation of Mammals, … Continue

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