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Community Science

Researcher marking a Schaus' swallowtail with a sharpie for catch and release observation

Community Science

Florida volunteers see record numbers of endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly

September 16, 2021

F or the past nine years, volunteers working with the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Park Service…Read More

dead birds

Community Science

Northeast Florida ‘Lights Out’ project aims to reduce bird collision deaths

September 13, 2021

Each fall, millions of migratory birds fly over Florida under the cover of night, hightailing it south for the winter….Read More

Monarch butterlies on branch and in sky

Community Science

Who observes the observers? Scientists conduct large-scale study of iNaturalist users

September 8, 2021

Scientists analyzed more than 31 million iNaturalist records in a new study to find out who most often uses the…Read More

fuzzy orange bee in flight

Community Science

Have you seen these big, hairy bees? Scientists tracking two rare species in Florida, Georgia

August 18, 2021

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are asking for help tracking two obscure species of ultra-fuzzy, fast-flying native bees that…Read More

moth specimens

Community Science

Help advance museum science in minutes with Notes from Nature

April 6, 2021

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

butterfly on plant

Community Science

Community science callout: Help locate rare butterfly’s host plants in Florida, Georgia

March 24, 2021

Scientists are asking the public to help find and document sundial lupine and wild indigo, host plants of the frosted…Read More

hand holding fossils

Community Science

Calling aspiring fossil hunters: Levy County excavation opens to volunteers Oct. 5

September 28, 2017

Volunteers can channel their inner paleontologist by digging alongside museum scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Montbrook fossil…Read More

Steadman digging

Community Science

Thomas Farm: a prehistoric treasure

July 14, 2015

Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric…Read More

Map of Life screenshot, website, location

Community Science

Map of Life’s new app: The world’s biodiversity in the palm of your hand

May 19, 2015

Never has knowledge of the world’s biodiversity knowledge been more at your fingertips, thanks to a new smartphone app created…Read More

hands digging in dirt for fossil

Community Science

Fossil-digging volunteers strengthen Museum collections

February 1, 2011

For a few weeks each year, dozens of people stop their everyday activities to put on clothes they don’t mind…Read More

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