Skip to main content
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support

Florida Museum

  • Search
  • Visit
  • Learn
  • Collections + Research
  • News + Blogs
  • About + Support
  • Research News
  • Blogs
  • For Journalists
    • Our Research
    • Our People
    • Museum Life
    • #MuseumLife Blog
    • Museum Blogs Index
    • Press Releases
    • Media Contacts
    • Exhibit Press Kits

Florida Museum Science

Vertebrate Paleontology

Rodent fossils arranged on a white background

Life on Earth

Rodent extinctions in Hispaniola may have been caused by humans

January 10, 2023

The island of Hispaniola once had among the highest rodent diversity in the Caribbean, supporting 11 species that coexisted for…Read More

test

Awards & Honors

Maria Vallejo-Pareja receives paleontology society grant in a first for frog researchers

August 17, 2022

Maria Vallejo-Pareja, a graduate student at the University of Florida, recently received the Estes Memorial Grant from the Society of…Read More

Shelly Gaynor collecting plants along a slope

Fieldwork

Students return to the field with the aid of museum travel awards

October 21, 2021

Every year, the Florida Museum’s Department of Natural History awards funding for University of Florida graduate students to help cover…Read More

paleontologist on river outcrop

Evolution

Fossil rodent teeth add North American twist to Caribbean mammals’ origin story

July 15, 2021

Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean…Read More

close-up of megalodon tooth

Education Research

School lesson gone wrong leads to new, bigger megalodon size estimate

June 7, 2021

A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously…Read More

person on beach

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2020 student research award winners named

May 5, 2020

The Florida Museum of Natural History and Florida Museum University Teaching Committee recently announced the winners of the 2020 Austin…Read More

coqui

Evolution

Coquí fossil from Puerto Rico takes title of oldest Caribbean frog

April 7, 2020

The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico, has likely resounded through Caribbean forests for…Read More

pile of large variety of fossil shark teeth showing a variety of shapes and colors

Collections

Are shark teeth fossils true fossils?

October 16, 2019

We get questions like this a lot. This question came by tweet. We turned to Richard Hulbert, Florida Museum’s vertebrate…Read More

black and white image of David Webb

Profiles

Remembering lifelong paleontology expert S. David Webb

September 27, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History is saddened to announce the death of S. David Webb, former distinguished research curator…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

123…9
Next →

Contact Info

Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611

Media inquiries:
Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

The Florida Museum Newsletters

Subscribe Now

Museum Info

  • Hours, Tickets + Directions
  • Staff Directory

Legal

  • © Copyright 2023
  • Contact the Web Manager
  • This page uses Google Analytics
  • Google Privacy Policy
  • UF Privacy Policy
  • Log In