A 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 p...
Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he discovered something unexpected: hundreds ...
The University of Florida has launched the Thompson Institute for Earth Systems, an outreach-focused center that aims to advance public understanding of the most pressing environmental challenges in Florida and beyond.
TIES will communicate the un...
Jonathan Bloch has been appointed chair of the Florida Museum of Natural History department of natural history.
In the new role, Bloch plans to work with the...
Archaeologist and collections assistant Nicole Cannarozzi was recently appointed collections manager of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s environmental ar...
The Florida Museum of Natural History has hired botanist Lucas Majure as assistant curator of the University of Florida Herbarium. Previously a research scientist at Arizona’s Desert Botanical Garden, Majure’s work will now center on caring for one o...
An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide these data to policymakers t...
Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is no easy task, and a new study highlights how fossil evidence can ...
A small tooth fragment plucked from a 13-year-old boy’s leg after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of New York gave scientists the chance to test a new tactic: using DNA evidence to identify the species involved.
University of Florida resear...
Mud in your shoes and a squirming turtle in hand may not sound like a typical college class, but for students taking Island Biology, this was to be expected.
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