Seagrass meadows harbor wildlife for centuries, highlighting need for conservation
Seagrass meadows put down deep roots, persisting in the same spot for hundreds and possibly thousands of years, a new…Read More
Florida Museum scientists zoom in on DNA to save thorny skates
With toothlike spines and barbs, thorny skates are just as sharp as their name suggests. But these shark relatives are…Read More
Fingerprints of ancient forests offer rare look at Florida 16 million years ago
Along a bend in the Apalachicola River, 50 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida’s largest slice of visible bedrock towers more…Read More
New South American butterfly species named for Florida Museum’s Andy Warren
Researchers have discovered a common butterfly genus from South America previously believed to contain just three species actually has 12….Read More
Digital records of preserved plants and animals change how scientists explore the world
There’s a whole world behind the scenes at natural history museums that most people never see. Museum collections house millions…Read More
Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave
Scientists have recovered the first genetic data from an extinct bird in the Caribbean, thanks to the remarkably preserved bones…Read More
Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network
The National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History a $500,000 grant to develop a research coordination network…Read More
25,000 moths from one Florida backyard show how insects change with the seasons
It may seem as though the same brown moths circle your porch light each night. But a two-year survey of…Read More
Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams contain evidence of ancient meteorite
Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely…Read More
Florida scientists tag deep-sea shark from submersible
Florida scientists have tagged a deep-sea shark from a submersible, a historic first that took three expeditions, more than 2,000…Read More