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Florida Museum Science

Education & Outreach

3-D scanner and fossil teeth

Education & Outreach

Florida Museum, UF get $1.2 million grant for youth STEM education

April 8, 2016

There is new hope for kids who spend their free time digging in their backyards in search of dinosaur bones,…Read More

teacher with megalodon tooth

Education & Outreach

Introducing K-12 teachers to our Panama fieldwork

September 11, 2014

Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum…Read More

Webber operating tape player

Collections

Bird calls on demand

June 13, 2014

While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected…Read More

Jason demonstrates how molds are made

Education & Outreach

Program inspires teachers to seek new horizons in science

February 14, 2014

From a fossil museum curated by students to a garden used for experimentation, an innovative program that exposes educators to…Read More

fossil

Education & Outreach

UF receives $1.97 million NSF grant to develop paleontology network

February 10, 2014

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

Two museum staff members stand with a megalodon shark jaw in crate

Education & Outreach

Museum Megalodon jaw to be displayed in new Panama Biomuseo

November 15, 2013

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently shipped the jaws of a Megalodon shark to Panama for display in the…Read More

scientists using net to catch fish

Education & Outreach

Museum scientists help catalog official North America fish names in new guide

May 1, 2013

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have co-authored the latest edition of the universal reference for fish names in North…Read More

Endara and Whitten with orchid

Education & Outreach

Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’

November 13, 2012

With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as…Read More

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

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