Scientists stress need for national marine biodiversity observation network
With ocean life facing unprecedented threat from climate change, overfishing, pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction, a University of Florida…
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First BioBlitz at Seahorse Key
During the winter holidays every year, hundreds of “snowbirds” travel from the northern U.S. and Canada for the warmth of…
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Museum receives $339,000 to digitize invertebrate collections
Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology researchers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to further digitize the department’s…
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Florida’s Gulf Coast Marine Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology curator Gustav Paulay discusses his mission to fully document the marine biodiversity of…
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Oceanic land crab extinction linked to colonization of Hawaii
University of Florida researchers have described a new species of land crab that documents the first crab extinction during the…
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Researchers begin mission Friday to study Gulf of Mexico biodiversity
A group of 23 researchers led by Florida Museum scientist Gustav Paulay will leave from St. Petersburg Friday on an expedition to…
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DNA sequenced for entire Pacific island
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of…
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Racing to survey coral reefs
Around the globe,scientists are ringing alarm bells about coral bleaching—when corals expel their symbiotic, food-producing algae due to heat stress,…
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Validity of DNA ID tool measured using marine snails
A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet…
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Atlantic corals unique, cannot be replaced if lost
The discovery that many Caribbean corals are only distantly related to their counterparts in the Pacific Ocean makes the threats…
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