Skip to main content
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support

Florida Museum

  • Search
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support
  • Research News
  • Blogs
  • For Journalists
    • Our Research
    • Our People
    • Museum Life
    • #MuseumLife Blog
    • Museum Blogs Index
    • Press Releases
    • Media Contacts
    • Exhibit Press Kits

Florida Museum Science

David Reed

David Reed

Hires & Promotions

David Reed appointed University of Florida associate provost

August 31, 2018

David Reed, Florida Museum of Natural History associate director for research and collections, has been appointed a University of Florida…Read More

An aerial view of Florida and the Bahamas

Evolution

Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats

August 18, 2017

Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a…Read More

Genome sequencing, lice and bacteria

Evolution

Partners in parasitism, lice and their bacterial sidekicks share long history

April 14, 2017

A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the…Read More

bat specimens tagged in a drawer

News in Brief

Bat Dispersal in the Bahamas

January 12, 2014

University of Florida graduate student Kelly Speer discusses her research using DNA differences to learn about bat populations in the…Read More

A horizontal view of Pediculus humanus

Evolution

Study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods

February 27, 2013

A new study on louse evolution shows the parasite’s genetic structure differs based on geographic region, information essential for developing…Read More

David Reed

Life on Earth

Lice study dates first clothing at 170,000 years

January 1, 2011

When lice attack, it’s hard to call it a blessing. People have been tormented by the blood-sucking parasites for thousands…Read More

Awards & Honors

Biology graduate student receives best paper award

May 10, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Julie Allen recently received the 2009 Best Paper Award from the University of…Read More

magnified louse

Grants & Initiatives

Grant for worldwide human lice study

September 14, 2009

Florida Museum of Natural History mammalogist David Reed has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award…Read More

mummified heads with lice

Cultural Heritage

Peruvian mummy lice may give clues about human migration

December 1, 2008

Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of…Read More

Pthirus Gorrilae

Evolution

Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues

March 7, 2007

New research indicating early humans acquired public lice from gorillas about 3.3 million years ago sheds new light on when…Read More

12
Next →

Contact Info

Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611

Media inquiries:
Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

The Florida Museum Newsletters

Subscribe Now

Museum Info

  • Hours, Tickets + Directions
  • Staff Directory

Legal

  • © Copyright 2023
  • Contact the Web Manager
  • This page uses Google Analytics
  • Google Privacy Policy
  • UF Privacy Policy
  • Log In