Florida Museum, UF get $1.2 million grant for youth STEM education
There is new hope for kids who spend their free time digging in their backyards in search of dinosaur bones,…Read More
Introducing K-12 teachers to our Panama fieldwork
Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum…Read More
Bird calls on demand
While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected…Read More
Program inspires teachers to seek new horizons in science
From a fossil museum curated by students to a garden used for experimentation, an innovative program that exposes educators to…Read More
UF receives $1.97 million NSF grant to develop paleontology network
With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation…Read More
Museum Megalodon jaw to be displayed in new Panama Biomuseo
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently shipped the jaws of a Megalodon shark to Panama for display in the…Read More
Museum scientists help catalog official North America fish names in new guide
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have co-authored the latest edition of the universal reference for fish names in North…Read More
Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’
With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as…Read More
Updated field guide includes more than 100 newly recognized fish species
While Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologist Larry Page collected specimens in Thailand this spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released one…Read More
New book sheds light on importance of pottery to early peoples
A new book by a Florida Museum researcher challenges traditional theories about the exchange of prehistoric pottery and its value…Read More