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Chase Kimmel

Two people inspect plants while standing in a field next to a power line.

Florida Biodiversity

Maintaining an essential habitat: What’s good for pollinators is good for utility companies too

September 24, 2024

Electric power companies dedicate significant resources to clearing overgrown plants and debris from the area surrounding power lines. These areas…
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Awards & Honors

Daniels Lab receives UF Champions for Change award

June 5, 2024

The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History has received a Champions for Change award in recognition for their…
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a bee with lots of pollen is flying towards a tuft of soft pink flowers

Five Facts

Five Facts: Bees in Florida

August 5, 2022

While we often think of bees as fuzzy, black and yellow-striped buzzy insects that live in hives like the honey…
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fuzzy orange bee in flight

Community Science

Have you seen these big, hairy bees? Scientists tracking two rare species in Florida, Georgia

August 18, 2021

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are asking for help tracking two obscure species of ultra-fuzzy, fast-flying native bees that…
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blue calamintha bee marked with paint

Fieldwork

Scientists discover nest, new northern range of Florida’s rare blue calamintha bee

May 20, 2021

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added…
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bee sticking head out of bag

Fieldwork

Florida’s rare blue bee rediscovered at Lake Wales Ridge

May 7, 2020

The Sunshine State’s iconic wildlife includes the American alligator, the Florida panther, the scrub jay and the manatee. But some…
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