New faculty highlight: Jonathan Nations, curator of mammals
Jonathan Nations joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as curator of mammals this April. Before delving into biology, he…
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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a…
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Head lice evolution mirrors human migration and colonization in the Americas
A new analysis of lice genetic diversity suggests that lice came to the Americas twice – once during the first…
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Move over, armadillos. There’s a new bone-plated mammal in town
Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles,…
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Alumni Q&A: Angelo Soto-Centeno
“I think one thing from the Florida Museum that I’ll always take with me is how approachable my collaborators were…
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Five Facts: Bats in Florida
First of all, there are no vampire bats in Florida! And bats are not rodents. They are in their own…
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Becoming Visible: Verity Mathis
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…
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Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats
Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a…
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Partners in parasitism, lice and their bacterial sidekicks share long history
A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the…
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Mammal collections and the Florida panther
Verity Mathis, mammal collections manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the importance of mammal collections and the…
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