The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection
Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….Read More
Volunteer Barbara Toomey wins Katherine Palmer Award
The Paleontological Research Institution has awarded its annual Katherine Palmer Award to Florida Museum of Natural History volunteer Barbara K….Read More
40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths
As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he…Read More
Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History
The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…Read More
Donation of Lepidoptera collection will boost biodiversity research
A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly…Read More