Bald eagle
Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Specimen: UF-O-52443
Although bald eagles were on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss and im...
Specimens are often donated to the Florida Museum by local residents and citizen scientists. If they hold scientific value or are important to a collection, the...
A new species of bird from the heart of Peru remained undetected for years until researchers identified it by its unique song.
A researcher holds the newly described manakin species, Machaeropterus eckelberryi, during a 1996 expedition to Peru. F...
David Steadman, our scientist-of-many-trades and curator of ornithology, recently hosted an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session on Reddit.com.
David Steadman in...
The well-preserved skull of an extinct tortoise species. Florida Museum of Natural History photo courtesy of Nancy Albury
An extinct tortoise species that a...
American alligator older than we thought
New study also shows it shared ancient Florida with giant crocodiles
Florida Museum researcher David Steadman displays a 20,000-year-old American alligator fossil skull from the Ichetucknee River in north F...
Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric discoveries. But at the bottom of a sinkhole nea...
Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how fossils can be used to...
Digitized collection now available online
Museum ornithologist Tom Webber examines a reel-to-reel tape of bird sounds in the collections.Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage
While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel...
