Scientists discover hidden crab diversity among coral reefs
The Indo-West Pacific is the largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, and many of the species it supports have…Read More
Good parenting evolved multiple times in moss animals
The spindly filaments and coral-like colonies of the ancient phylum of marine animals known as bryozoans likely aren’t the first…Read More
Giant sea anemone eats ants
Sea anemones are soft-bodied, underwater predators known for their bright colors, flowerlike arrangement of tentacles and the tendency to eat…Read More
NSF grants help Florida Museum digitize marine invertebrates, rare land snails
Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute…Read More
Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite continues northward Pacific expansion
R esearchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia’s Calvert Island. The…Read More
Egg-sucking sea slug from Florida’s Cedar Key named after Muppets creator Jim Henson
Feet from the raw bars and sherbet-colored condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, researchers discovered a new species of egg-sucking sea…Read More
Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…Read More
Sea Cucumbers with Gustav Paulay
Gustav Paulay, curator of marine malacology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, explains sea cucumbers and describes some of…Read More
Museum reaches 500,000 digitized mollusks online, largest worldwide
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently surpassed half a million cataloged mollusk specimen records in its online database, making…Read More
Rewriting the evolutionary history of sea cucumbers
Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History have discovered that a group of tiny sea cucumbers has enormous taxonomic…Read More