Answer to restoring lost island biodiversity found in fossils
Many native species have vanished from tropical islands because of human impact, but University of Florida scientists have discovered how…Read More
Bird calls on demand
While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected…Read More
Past bird extinctions could help today’s conservation
A new study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years…Read More
Researcher receives grant to study birds in the Andes
With $800,000 from the National Science Foundation, Florida Museum of Natural History conservation biologist Scott Robinson is researching bird ranges…Read More
Study finds cats No. 1 predator to urban mockingbird nests
A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists…Read More
Fossil bird study describes ripple effect of extinction in animal kingdom
A new study demonstrates extinction’s ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led…Read More
Bird sound recordings going digital
Ornithologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History are preparing to digitize nearly all of the museum’s analog bird-sound field…Read More
Hunting fossil hummingbirds in Florida
Birders in Florida may get a thrill when they spy a ruby-throated hummingbird flitting through their backyard — after all,…Read More
New Frogmouth bird genus found in South Pacific Solomon Islands
Your bird field guide may be out of date now that Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new…Read More
Ancient DNA illuminated
Nestled snugly at the end of Dickinson Hall’s west wing, in a room with bleached concrete floors, bleached counters and…Read More