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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
Orchids in the Andes
Lorena Endara, a Florida Museum of Natural History research assistant, discusses why she became a biologist and what inspired her…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
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…Read More
Researcher wins award from Smithsonian for tropical botany work
Florida Museum of Natural History botanist and herbarium curator Norris Williams has won the Smithsonian Institution’s prestigious José Cuatrecasas Medal…Read More
Herbarium plays vital role to researchers worldwide
The Herbarium at the Florida Museum of Natural History is run jointly by the Museum and the University of Florida…Read More