On the defense
Harmful plants have evolved to protect themselves from predators It’s one of society’s hotly debated questions: ketchup or mustard? For…
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Bringing hobbits to Gainesville
Whether they are flowering in a field, preserved in the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium or used to make…
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Austin, Bullen 2016 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2016 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
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Island isolation, warming climate shape Mediterranean Basin evolution
From the jungles of Southeast Asia to the Greek Islands, Florida Museum of Natural History botanist Nico Cellinese has searched…
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9,700 acres tell stories of Florida’s past
It was home to Native Americans as early as 12,000 B.C., then settlers during the Civil War. Its pine trees…
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Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’
With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as…
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Orchids in the Andes
Lorena Endara, a Florida Museum of Natural History research assistant, discusses why she became a biologist and what inspired her…
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Unlocking genetic data of rediscovered ‘hidden’ native Florida plant
In 1947, a small package containing an unknown plant specimen arrived at the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium. For…
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Graduate student receives biology teaching award
Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Paul Corogin recently received the University of Florida biology department’s Graduate Student 2009…
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Scientist wins NSF CAREER Award for genetic plant research
Nico Cellinese, assistant curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History herbarium and informatics, has received a prestigious $865,000 CAREER…
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