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John Slapcinsky

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News in Brief

The Florida Museum of Natural History opens state-of-the-art collections building

October 6, 2022

The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on…Read More

Nihoa

Life on Earth

Remote Hawaiian island harbors last land snails of their kind

December 7, 2020

The island of Nihoa, a slice of jagged rock that juts out of the Pacific Ocean, is the sole refuge…Read More

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Collections

NSF grants help Florida Museum digitize marine invertebrates, rare land snails

October 29, 2020

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute…Read More

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Life on Earth

New native Hawaiian land snail species discovered, first in 60 years

July 23, 2020

S cientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding a rare, hopeful note in a story rife…Read More

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Collections

Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant

April 9, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…Read More

Three shell specimens

Profiles

The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection

June 27, 2018

Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….Read More

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Collections

Rare blanket octopus added to museum collection

August 4, 2017

A remarkably well-preserved blanket octopus washed ashore in Wilbur-by-the Sea Wednesday morning, offering “a rare glimpse of an animal that…Read More

rat lungworm larvae

Florida Biodiversity

Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida

June 28, 2017

University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in…Read More

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Collections

Scientists receive rare giant squid for research

July 1, 2011

One of the mysterious legends of the sea, the giant squid has haunted sailors for hundreds of years. From the…Read More

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Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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