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The Florida Museum of Natural History opens state-of-the-art collections building

October 6, 2022

The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on…Read More

Loggerhead shrike

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Birds’ eye size reflects habitat and diet, may predict sensitivity to environmental change

August 9, 2021

A new study shows the eye size of birds can reveal broad patterns of their biology and behavior, including where…Read More

mammal skulls

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iDigBio receives $20 million from NSF to sustain U.S. museum digitization efforts

June 22, 2021

T he National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide,…Read More

16th century map of Spanish Florida and Cuba

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Mission accessible: Florida’s historic Spanish missions go digital

December 20, 2019

Researchers, educators, students and the curious can explore the history of Florida’s Spanish missions via a new online database. Launched…Read More

ocellated turkey

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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

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Environmental archaeology receives NSF grant to curate specimens before data go ‘dark’

November 6, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology Program received a nearly $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to curate some…Read More

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Digital records of preserved plants and animals change how scientists explore the world

September 12, 2019

There’s a whole world behind the scenes at natural history museums that most people never see. Museum collections house millions…Read More

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Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network

August 7, 2019

The National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History a $500,000 grant to develop a research coordination network…Read More

white and brown shell

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Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant

April 9, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…Read More

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Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants

October 22, 2018

Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he…Read More

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Gainesville, FL 32611

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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