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Rob Guralnick

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Awards & Honors

Robert Guralnick named UF Research Foundation Professor

August 21, 2020

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum of Natural History scientist Robert Guralnick a UFRF Professor for…Read More

white hibiscus

Evolution

Plant study challenges tropics’ reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation

July 6, 2020

In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the…Read More

deer mouse

Climate Change

Mice are shrinking, but are climate change and cities to blame?

June 1, 2020

According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann’s Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates and…Read More

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Our People

Remembering Naziha Mestaoui, renowned artist, museum collaborator

May 19, 2020

Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was…Read More

moth specimens

Community Science

Help advance museum science in minutes with Notes from Nature

April 15, 2020

If you have a computer, you can help move museum research forward in three minutes or less. Citizen scientists can…Read More

hutia skull

Cultural Heritage

Hungry for hutia? Our taste for Bahamas’ ‘most peaceable rodent’ shaped its diversity

January 28, 2020

The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a curious case study in how human food…Read More

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Climate Change

Hot town, springtime in the city: Urbanization delays spring plant growth in warm regions

November 11, 2019

The first appearance of bright green leaves heralds the start of spring, nudging insects, birds and other animals into a…Read More

green and yellow butterflies

Awards & Honors

Museum team’s data tool wins second place in Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

October 23, 2019

A data citation and tracking tool created by Florida Museum of Natural History researchers has won second place in the…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

jaw bones of various animals in boxes

Cultural Heritage

New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact

May 13, 2019

The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old. Ancient traces of this footprint can be found in animal…Read More

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