Invertebrate zoology division to add new collections with NSF grant
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Invertebrate Zoology will incorporate new collections with the help of a National…Read More
Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants
Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he…Read More
NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received a $500,000 collections grant from the National Science Foundation to improve online…Read More
#MuseumLife, Bald Eagle Specimen
Bald eagle Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Specimen: UF-O-52443 Although bald eagles were on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss…Read More
#MolluskMonday, Unionidae or river mussels
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels with a global range. There are about 300 recognized species in North America…Read More
#MuseumLife, The Killdeer Specimen
Specimens are often donated to the Florida Museum by local residents and citizen scientists. If they hold scientific value or…Read More
#MuseumLife, Walking Catfish Specimens
The Florida Museum added 23 adult Walking Catfish specimens to its Fish Collection on 10/23/2017. These specimens were collected between…Read More
Rare blanket octopus added to museum collection
A remarkably well-preserved blanket octopus washed ashore in Wilbur-by-the Sea Wednesday morning, offering “a rare glimpse of an animal that…Read More
Museum digitization program iDigBio rockets past 100 million specimen records
iDigBio, the National Science Foundation-sponsored project to help digitize the nation’s natural history collections, now houses more than 100 million…Read More
Herbarium specimens provide snapshots of plants’ past, data for future
While some might press flowers into books to preserve their beauty, researcher Mark Whitten does it to preserve history. Whitten,…Read More