Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a night. But they pull up short ...
Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a cent...
Plant biologist Doug Soltis has been elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, an achievement considered one of the highest honors in American science.
A distinguished professor and curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History...
A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the vitamin-producing bacterial ...
Plant biologists Pam and Doug Soltis study the origin and evolution of flowering plants, plant genome evolution and conservation genetics. Florida Museum of Na...
Take a look at this box of butterflies. How many species do you see?
How many species of butterflies are in this box? Take a guess.
You might be tempted to divide them into those with “tails” on the lower wings and those without. Or you might ...
Frogs date back more than 150 million years in the fossil record, and for centuries, the amphibians have been idolized and used in various ways by different cul...
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...
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have reclassified three types of kingsnakes found in the state, elevating them to species status.
Fossil records and DNA analyses show the Florida kingsnake, eastern kingsnake and Eastern Apalachicola L...
Syncephalis plumigaleata, a Zoopagomycota fungi, grows on sterilized beef in a petri dish. Photo courtesy of the Zygolife Research Consortium
Walking along ...
