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Person stands next to a table stacked with boxes of butterfly specimens one hand resting on the glass of lid of a box. Behind him are rows of shelves with more specimen drawers

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Endowment brings influx of expertise to the McGuire Center

February 15, 2023

Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…Read More

Museum specimen of Medionidus walkeri

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Florida freshwater mussel gets protected habitat thanks to museum collections

August 27, 2021

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 190 miles of streams and rivers in Florida and Georgia as critical…Read More

Loggerhead shrike

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Birds’ eye size reflects habitat and diet, may predict sensitivity to environmental change

August 9, 2021

A new study shows the eye size of birds can reveal broad patterns of their biology and behavior, including where…Read More

mammal skulls

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iDigBio receives $20 million from NSF to sustain U.S. museum digitization efforts

June 22, 2021

T he National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide,…Read More

A green and blue lichen

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Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct

January 14, 2021

Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its…Read More

A bird specimen label

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Top killers of Florida birds: Trauma on land, starvation at sea

December 21, 2020

An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often…Read More

Mandy photographs specimen

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NSF grants help Florida Museum digitize marine invertebrates, rare land snails

October 29, 2020

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute…Read More

A scientist

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Three NSF grants fuel plant research at the Florida Museum’s herbarium

October 21, 2020

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the…Read More

16th century map of Spanish Florida and Cuba

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Mission accessible: Florida’s historic Spanish missions go digital

December 20, 2019

Researchers, educators, students and the curious can explore the history of Florida’s Spanish missions via a new online database. Launched…Read More

ocellated turkey

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How we stuff a turkey at the Florida Museum

November 25, 2019

The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be…Read More

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