Two Florida Museum scientists elected 2019 AAAS fellows
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been named 2019 fellows of the American Association…Read More
Scientists sequence 1,100 plants, illuminating 1 billion years of evolution
Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless…Read More
Austin, Bullen 2019 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2019 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…Read More
Plants’ drought alert system has unlikely evolutionary origin: underwater algae
Plants’ water-to-land leap marks one of the most important milestones in the evolution of life on Earth. But how plants…Read More
Scientists: ‘Time is ripe’ to use big data for planet-sized plant questions
A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a “call to action” to use big data to…Read More
Florida Museum botany doctoral graduate wins Cooley Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists has selected Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one…Read More
Evolution of China’s flowering plants shows East-West divide between lineages
An international team of scientists has mapped the evolutionary relationships between China’s 30,000 flowering plant species, uncovering a distinct regional…Read More
‘Tree of Life’ events celebrate Earth’s biodiversity with digital art
University of Florida scientists have teamed up with acclaimed artists to create two multimedia art pieces about the connections between…Read More
Plant biologist Doug Soltis elected to National Academy of Sciences
Plant biologist Doug Soltis has been elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, an achievement considered one…Read More
Pam and Doug Soltis elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Plant biologists Pam and Doug Soltis are among this year’s class of national and international leaders elected to the American…Read More