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Larry Page

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Collections

iDigBio receives $15.5 million grant to digitize collections

September 8, 2016

Fossil primates, ancient mollusks and exotic butterflies will soon be coming to your home—as long as you have a personal…
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Collections

iDigBio effort awarded $7.5 million to digitize biodiversity collections

August 25, 2014

The National Science Foundation has awarded six grants totaling about $7.5 million to digitize biodiversity collections, a nationwide effort coordinated…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Larry Page photographing a fish specimen

Collections

UF, FSU receive $10 million for project to digitize U.S. biology collections

July 8, 2011

The National Science Foundation announced today its award of a $10 million grant to the University of Florida and Florida State University to coordinate 92…
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Grants & Initiatives

$2.7 million granted to study largest group of freshwater fish

September 1, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are leading a worldwide study to inventory the largest order of freshwater fishes with…
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Grants & Initiatives

$4.7 million grant will fund catfish biodiversity research

February 1, 2004

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and four other…
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