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Keith Willmott in Butterfly Rainforest

Hires & Promotions

Keith Willmott named director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity

October 12, 2020

The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one…Read More

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Awards & Honors

Robert Guralnick named UF Research Foundation Professor

August 21, 2020

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum of Natural History scientist Robert Guralnick a UFRF Professor for…Read More

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Our People

Remembering Naziha Mestaoui, renowned artist, museum collaborator

May 19, 2020

Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was…Read More

person on beach

Awards & Honors

Austin, Bullen 2020 student research award winners named

May 5, 2020

The Florida Museum of Natural History and Florida Museum University Teaching Committee recently announced the winners of the 2020 Austin…Read More

Steve Manchester with sea cow fossil

Awards & Honors

Oldest mahogany fossil named for paleobotanist Steven Manchester

April 24, 2020

A fruit from a mahogany tree that flourished in the time of the dinosaurs has been named in honor of…Read More

Akito Kawahara

Education & Outreach

Akito Kawahara talks insect declines – and what you can do – with Adam Conover

April 17, 2020

Comedian Adam Conover believed the world would be better off without mosquitoes – until entomologist Akito Kawahara joined his “Factually!”…Read More

Scientist examining ichthyology specimens

Awards & Honors

Lawrence Page receives Fulbright award to study freshwater fish in Thailand

April 3, 2020

Lawrence Page, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of fishes, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to document…Read More

Liz Wing studies animal remains at a lab bench

Cultural Heritage

Liz Wing: A portrait in persistence

March 5, 2020

Elizabeth “Liz” Wing arrived at the University of Florida in the mid-1950s with little more than a suitcase, less than…Read More

Larry Page and Doug Soltis

Awards & Honors

Two Florida Museum scientists elected 2019 AAAS fellows

November 26, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Lawrence Page and Douglas Soltis have been named 2019 fellows of the American Association…Read More

green and yellow butterflies

Awards & Honors

Museum team’s data tool wins second place in Ebbe Nielsen Challenge

October 23, 2019

A data citation and tracking tool created by Florida Museum of Natural History researchers has won second place in the…Read More

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