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Jonathan Bloch

Rodent fossils arranged on a white background

Life on Earth

Rodent extinctions in Hispaniola may have been caused by humans

January 10, 2023

The island of Hispaniola once had among the highest rodent diversity in the Caribbean, supporting 11 species that coexisted for…Read More

Two people stand in front of a panoramic fossil exhibit

Hires & Promotions

Rachel Narducci takes on new role as vertebrate paleontology collections manager

October 26, 2022

Like many children, Rachel Narducci gained a love and appreciation of dinosaurs from the movie “Jurassic Park.” Unlike most kids…Read More

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Awards & Honors

Maria Vallejo-Pareja receives paleontology society grant in a first for frog researchers

August 17, 2022

Maria Vallejo-Pareja, a graduate student at the University of Florida, recently received the Estes Memorial Grant from the Society of…Read More

alligator skull fossil

News in Brief

Alligator Fossils at Montbrook

June 7, 2019

Jonathan Bloch, a paleontologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses fossils of alligators and other animals found at…Read More

fossil sea cow skull seen from side

Life on Earth

20-million-year-old tusked sea cow is Central America’s oldest marine mammal

February 18, 2019

Steven Manchester didn’t set out to discover Central America’s oldest known marine mammal. He was hoping to find fossil plants….Read More

3D scan of a jaw

Evolution

Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia

November 29, 2018

About 56 million years ago, on an Earth so warm that palm trees graced the Arctic Circle, a mouse-sized primate…Read More

Bloch in the vertebrate paleontology collection

Hires & Promotions

Jonathan Bloch appointed chair of department of natural history

October 8, 2018

Jonathan Bloch has been appointed chair of the Florida Museum of Natural History department of natural history. In the new…Read More

scientist Natasha Vitek kneels on hill to dig for fossils

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum doctoral student wins $15,000 scholarship

August 23, 2018

The Philanthropic Educational Organization Sisterhood (P.E.O.) has awarded a $15,000 scholarship to Natasha Vitek, a doctoral student in vertebrate paleontology…Read More

grooming claw fossil and nail fossil atop human fingernail

Evolution

Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails

June 20, 2018

Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. But how, when and why we…Read More

Cuban crocodile fossil skull

Collections

NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils

May 4, 2018

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received a $500,000 collections grant from the National Science Foundation to improve online…Read More

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