When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by...

The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old. Ancient traces of this footprint can be found in animal...

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National...

Tiger beetles are jewel-toned insects that run so fast, they have to stop to see where they’re going. These long-legged...

Researchers have long thought that snail and clam shells found at Caribbean archaeological sites were evidence of “starvation food” eaten...

For young hellbenders, choosing the right home is more than a major life decision. Their survival can depend on it....

The starry dwarf frog is an expert hider. Plunging into leaf litter at the slightest disturbance, it has successfully evaded...

How do you monitor the number and location of Earth’s plants and animals at any given time? It’s a daunting,...

Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is known only from its gigantic bladelike teeth, which can be more than...

Plants’ water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants...