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Ichthyology

scientists using net to catch fish

News in Brief

Museum scientists help catalog official North America fish names in new guide

May 1, 2013

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have co-authored the latest edition of the universal reference for fish names in North…Read More

teeth of a cookiecutter shark specimen seen from the outside of its jar

Life on Earth

Small cookiecutter sharks feed on flesh of great whites

January 23, 2013

Researchers have discovered the great white shark, one of the most feared ocean predators, can occasionally become prey for the…Read More

Rob Robins holding large jar in collection aisle

Life on Earth

Publishing ichthyologist’s life’s work on cusk-eels

October 18, 2012

For Florida Museum of Natural History collection manager Rob Robins, biodiversity is something of a family theme. With his father…Read More

A sawfish swims near a boat of researchers

Grants & Initiatives

Museum receives $24,000 from Disney to support sawfish conservation

October 2, 2012

Researchers at the Florida Museum recently received $24,000 from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to continue studying the endangered smalltooth…Read More

Close-up of cusk-eel under microscope

Life on Earth

Researchers name new cusk-eels useful for understanding environment

September 10, 2012

A study by University of Florida and University of Kansas researchers describing eight new cusk-eel species provides data for better…Read More

Larry Page holding a specimen in the Florids Museum's ichthyology collection

Awards & Honors

Museum researcher to address Congress on digitizing biological collections

June 4, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Larry Page will deliver a congressional briefing in Washington Tuesday about the value of…Read More

Sawfish fin tagging

Fieldwork

Record number of endangered sawfish tagged

April 24, 2012

Scientists studying marine animals at the Florida Museum of Natural History seem to be living the high life, heading to…Read More

William Smith-Vaniz

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum ichthyologist receives prestigious Gibbs Award

July 21, 2011

Florida Museum of Natural History research associate William F. Smith-Vaniz recently received the most prestigious award available to researchers of…Read More

scientists using net to catch fish

News in Brief

Updated field guide includes more than 100 newly recognized fish species

July 18, 2011

While Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologist Larry Page collected specimens in Thailand this spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released one…Read More

cookiecutter shark

Life on Earth

First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human

June 30, 2011

A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers provides details on the first cookiecutter shark attack on a live human, a…Read More

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