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Three shell specimens

Profiles

The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection

June 27, 2018

Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….Read More

orange butterflies

Profiles

40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths

May 21, 2018

As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he…Read More

Burgess with shark specimen jars

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Former shark program director Burgess retires, will focus on research

February 5, 2018

Throughout his more than 40-year career at the University of Florida, George Burgess gained an international reputation with the media…Read More

Michelle Barboza at fossil site

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Becoming Visible: Michelle Barboza

December 5, 2017

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More

Adania Flemming in creek

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Becoming Visible: Adania Flemming

December 5, 2017

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More

Verity Mathis in mammal collection

Profiles

Becoming Visible: Verity Mathis

December 5, 2017

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More

Rob Robins holding large jar in collection aisle

Life on Earth

Publishing ichthyologist’s life’s work on cusk-eels

October 18, 2012

For Florida Museum of Natural History collection manager Rob Robins, biodiversity is something of a family theme. With his father…Read More

Closeup of a fossilized jaw

Collections

Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History

May 4, 2011

The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…Read More

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