Florida volunteers see record numbers of endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly
F or the past nine years, volunteers working with the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Park Service…Read More
Scientists discover nest, new northern range of Florida’s rare blue calamintha bee
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added…Read More
Florida’s rare blue bee rediscovered at Lake Wales Ridge
The Sunshine State’s iconic wildlife includes the American alligator, the Florida panther, the scrub jay and the manatee. But some…Read More
In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher
University of Florida Ph.D. student Gregory Jongsma has been obsessed with Africa’s wildlife since his childhood. Not the animals you…Read More
Florida Invasive Species: Clown Knifefish
The clown knifefish, Chitala ornata, is native to Indochina, but has been found in South Florida starting in the 1990s….Read More
#MuseumLife, Collecting a fossil from the field
In August 2017, some Florida Museum scientists and paleontology volunteers went on a fossil hunting trip to Nebraska. Watch as…Read More
#MuseumLife, Holiday in the Field
We know our scientists work hard, so we make sure they have time off to relax, see family, and get…Read More
Rain & Loaches in Thailand
Collecting in the field can run the gamut from spending a beautiful day walking along a pristine river to being…Read More
News: Saber-Tooth Cat Skull Find in Montbrook
A volunteer at our Montbrook dig site unearthed what appears to be a 5-million-year- old saber-tooth cat skull. Volunteer Bill…Read More
Philodoria & Science with Chris Johns
Scientist Bio: Chris A. Johns Eventually, Chris Johns hopes to slow down and spend his retirement surfing and hanging out,…Read More