black butterfly

New butterfly named for pioneering 17th-century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian

CT scan of fossil jaw

Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia

A Caribbean cave

Packing a suitcase for the future: Introducing Bahamian schoolkids to native people of the past

interior of freshwater mussel

How ancient Mayan shell decor led to a new look at freshwater mussels south of the border

A monarch feeds on a purple flower

Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005

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Vertebrate paleontology

scientist Natasha Vitek kneels on hill to dig for fossils

Florida Museum doctoral student wins $15,000 scholarship

shark jaws display

Five Facts: Megalodon

grooming claw fossil and nail fossil atop human fingernail

Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails

amber fossil with frog skull, forelimbs, backbone and a hind limb

Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests

Teachers receive fossils, create lesson plans at museum workshop

Cuban crocodile fossil skull

NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils

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interior of freshwater mussel

How ancient Mayan shell decor led to a new look at freshwater mussels south of the border

Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants

skunkvine infestation

Five Facts: Skunkvine in Florida

Two Diamondback Terrapin turtles found in the Cedar Keys.

Best way to learn about island biology? Live on an island

shark jaws display

Five Facts: Megalodon

These potatoes, a stem tuberous geophyte, were found in a grocery store in Harare, Zimbabwe, where they were being sold by the kilogram. Florida Museum photo by Cody Coyotee Howard

Five Facts: Geophytes

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