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Three shell specimens

Profiles

The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection

June 27, 2018

Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….Read More

Barbara Toomey

Awards & Honors

Volunteer Barbara Toomey wins Katherine Palmer Award

May 23, 2018

The Paleontological Research Institution has awarded its annual Katherine Palmer Award to Florida Museum of Natural History volunteer Barbara K….Read More

orange butterflies

Collections

40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths

May 21, 2018

As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he…Read More

Closeup of a fossilized jaw

Collections

Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History

May 4, 2011

The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…Read More

specimens of the Large Copper butterfly from England

Collections

Donation of Lepidoptera collection will boost biodiversity research

October 13, 2009

A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly…Read More

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