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Florida Museum Science

Education & Outreach

scientists using net to catch fish

Education & Outreach

Updated field guide includes more than 100 newly recognized fish species

July 18, 2011

While Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologist Larry Page collected specimens in Thailand this spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released one…Read More

swift creek pottery sample

Cultural Heritage

New book sheds light on importance of pottery to early peoples

February 1, 2011

A new book by a Florida Museum researcher challenges traditional theories about the exchange of prehistoric pottery and its value…Read More

digging in Panama

Education & Outreach

Research, education initiative to take place in Panama

August 1, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are leading a research and education project in Panama with the help of a…Read More

Paddle boarder in the ocean

Education & Outreach

The why, where and when of leading shark attack site

May 26, 2010

Shark attacks are most likely to occur on Sunday, in less than 6 feet of water, during a new moon…Read More

Tom Webber listens to bird recordings

Education & Outreach

Bird sound recordings going digital

February 1, 2010

Ornithologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History are preparing to digitize nearly all of the museum’s analog bird-sound field…Read More

small butterfly on bright yellow flower close up

Education & Outreach

Butterfly conservation initiative marks first anniversary

July 1, 2008

Just as a butterfly leaves the chrysalis to spread its wings, in May 2007 the Butterfly Conservation Initiative decided to…Read More

intricately patterned Minerva owl butterfly specimen

Education & Outreach

New butterfly species naming rights auctioned for $40,800

February 2, 2008

Surprisingly, McGuire Center Collections Manager George Austin came across the species while curating butterflies in the Florida Museum, which houses…Read More

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