The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection
Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years….Read More
40 years of friendship, 70,000 specimens: Amateur entomologists donate lifetimes’ worth of butterflies and moths
As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand, Ed Knudson set out to catch insects in his neighborhood. Little did he…Read More
Former shark program director Burgess retires, will focus on research
Throughout his more than 40-year career at the University of Florida, George Burgess gained an international reputation with the media…Read More
Becoming Visible: Michelle Barboza
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More
Becoming Visible: Adania Flemming
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More
Becoming Visible: Verity Mathis
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More
Nick Homziak & Erebinae moths
We want to take a moment to highlight one of our People of Science, Nick Homziak. Nick, a Ph.D. student in the Kawahara Lab…Read More
Publishing ichthyologist’s life’s work on cusk-eels
For Florida Museum of Natural History collection manager Rob Robins, biodiversity is something of a family theme. With his father…Read More
Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History
The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…Read More