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A sign with the words "wildflower area FDOT" in the middle of a grassy field.

Fieldwork

Butterfly experts are planting 15,000 milkweed plants along Florida roadsides to help monarchs

July 16, 2026

If you’ve driven down two-lane highways in rural parts of North Florida recently, you may have noticed a spate of…
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Photograph of group of four people standing on a boat and smiling at the camera.

Fieldwork

Shark class continues while funds are raised to rebuild remote island lab

April 29, 2026

There are not many classes that allow students to live beachside, wander tidal pools just outside of their lecture hall,…
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Photograph of a yellow skipper butter perched on top of a rayless sunflower flowerhead.

Fieldwork

Chasing the rare arogos skipper butterfly from Florida fields to lab

March 10, 2026

With their triangular shape and golden-orange wings, the eastern arogos skipper (Atrytone arogos arogos) butterflies seemed to wave down the…
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Map of Saint Augustine.

Collections

Archaeologists upload the history of North America’s oldest colonial city

March 3, 2026

The city of St. Augustine, Florida, has the distinction of being continuously occupied longer than any other European settlement in…
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Photograph of five kids standing in a circle in front of shelves of brown boxes and looking through a box of artifacts.

Features

Students unearth archaeology, life skills and fun in robotics competition

December 15, 2025

This weekend, over 400 elementary and middle school students carrying Lego robots will gather in Alachua, Florida, to compete in…
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Collection drawer full of butterfly specimens of various colors.

Features

The Florida Museum of Natural History publishes “The Butterflies of California,” a book five decades in the making

December 8, 2025

Key points The Florida Museum of Natural History recently published “The Butterflies of California.” The book was co-written by the…
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Caterpillar crawling on a blue lupine on a clear, sunny day.

Fieldwork

The frosted elfin butterfly returns home to North Florida

May 28, 2025

The spring sun glinted off the cars rolling through Ichetucknee Springs State Park, but the caravan wasn’t headed to the…
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Photograph of fossilized snail specimen

Features

Florida Museum fossils go to space

February 10, 2025

The recent launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen Kitchen set…
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Group of people poses for a photo.

News in Brief

Randell Research Center teams up with GatorCorps and Gulf Scholars to tackle climate change on Pine Island, Florida

December 18, 2024

The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center was hit by two major hurricanes this year. Helene rolled along the Gulf Coast…
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Illustration of a large grey whale with an open mouth, revealing sharp teeth

News in Brief

New book brings prehistoric mammals to life

October 8, 2024

After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched…
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