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Ornithology

bird on reeds

News in Brief

Wrens aplenty and gulls galore: Highlights from the 2019 Gainesville Christmas Bird Count

December 18, 2019

The 62nd John Hintermister Gainesville Christmas Bird Count saw a profusion of great blue herons, flycatchers and whistling ducks –…Read More

ocellated turkey

Collections

How we stuff a turkey at the Florida Museum

November 25, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be…Read More

fossil bird skull

Life on Earth

Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave

August 15, 2019

Scientists have recovered the first genetic data from an extinct bird in the Caribbean, thanks to the remarkably preserved bones…Read More

box with two fossil bones

Fieldwork

Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida fossil site

May 16, 2019

When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by…Read More

limpkin in museum exhibit

Five Facts

Five Facts: Limpkins in Florida

January 26, 2019

Limpkins, Aramus guarauna, are medium-sized wading birds with long legs and long, slightly curved beaks. Their bodies are covered in…Read More

An eagle specimen pinned to a cloth, ready to be prepared by researchers

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#MuseumLife, Bald Eagle Specimen

March 27, 2018

Bald eagle Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Specimen: UF-O-52443 Although bald eagles were on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss…Read More

finished killdeer specimen

Collections

#MuseumLife, The Killdeer Specimen

February 21, 2018

Specimens are often donated to the Florida Museum by local residents and citizen scientists. If they hold scientific value or…Read More

A researcher holds the newly described manakin species, Machaeropterus eckelberryi, during a 1996 expedition to Peru. Florida Museum photo by Andy Kratter

Life on Earth

New Peruvian bird species discovered by its song

October 23, 2017

A new species of bird from the heart of Peru remained undetected for years until researchers identified it by its…Read More

extinct tortoise fossil shell

Evolution

Extinct tortoise yields oldest tropical DNA

February 8, 2017

An extinct tortoise species that accidentally tumbled into a water-filled limestone sinkhole in the Bahamas about 1,000 years ago has…Read More

David holding alligator fossil skull

Evolution

A reptilian anachronism

September 19, 2016

New study also shows American alligator shared ancient Florida with giant crocodiles From climate to the peninsula’s very shape, not…Read More

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