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Florida Museum Science

Life on Earth

small brown gecko

Life on Earth

New species of bent-toed gecko from Pakistan described

February 1, 2008

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new species of bent-toed gecko from Pakistan and published its description in…Read More

Florida panther pelts

Life on Earth

Florida panther conservation

January 2, 2008

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are fine-tuning conservation knowledge about endangered Florida panthers by studying their bones and pelts….Read More

Ozark Hellbender

Life on Earth

Hellbender conservation in the Ozarks, Great Smoky Mountains

January 1, 2008

A Florida Museum herpetologist examines effects of collecting and flooding upon imperiled giant hellbender salamanders, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis. Hellbender salamanders are…Read More

Keith Wilmott

Life on Earth

Filling the Andean butterfly gap, one species at a time

October 1, 2007

It’s a mammoth job, setting out to document all the butterflies of South America’s tropical Andean cordillera — a 3,000-mile…Read More

murky coral reef close up view

Fieldwork

Racing to survey coral reefs

July 1, 2007

Around the globe,scientists are ringing alarm bells about coral bleaching—when corals expel their symbiotic, food-producing algae due to heat stress,…Read More

botanist in orchid greenhouse

Collections

Herbarium plays vital role to researchers worldwide

May 1, 2007

The Herbarium at the Florida Museum of Natural History is run jointly by the Museum and the University of Florida…Read More

brown bird specimen with collection tag

Life on Earth

New Frogmouth bird genus found in South Pacific Solomon Islands

April 1, 2007

Your bird field guide may be out of date now that Florida Museum of Natural History scientists discovered a new…Read More

foot and beak of terror bird statue

Life on Earth

‘Terror bird’ arrived in North America before land bridge

January 23, 2007

Evidence from a study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History confirms that the carnivorous, seven-foot-tall “terror bird” likely…Read More

artifact of painted woodpecker

Life on Earth

Lost and found?

May 1, 2006

Every so often scientists discover a plant or animal that was thought to be extinct. A dramatic example is the…Read More

surface lines of a clam shell

Collections

Sclerochronology: Playing back the recordings of life

March 1, 2006

Sclerochronology is the study of astronomical cycles recorded in the hard tissues of organisms such as the shells of mollusks…Read More

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