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Collage of multiple herbarium sheets

Community Science

Notes From Nature celebrates 10 years of community science

May 2, 2023

There are more than 1,000 natural history museums around the world, each tasked with studying and preserving a portion of…
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Researcher marking a Schaus' swallowtail with a sharpie for catch and release observation

Community Science

Florida volunteers see record numbers of endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly

September 16, 2021

F or the past nine years, volunteers working with the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Park Service…
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Monarch butterlies on branch and in sky

Community Science

Who observes the observers? Scientists conduct large-scale study of iNaturalist users

September 8, 2021

Scientists analyzed more than 31 million iNaturalist records in a new study to find out who most often uses the…
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fuzzy orange bee in flight

Community Science

Have you seen these big, hairy bees? Scientists tracking two rare species in Florida, Georgia

August 18, 2021

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are asking for help tracking two obscure species of ultra-fuzzy, fast-flying native bees that…
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butterfly on plant

Community Science

Community science callout: Help locate rare butterfly’s host plants in Florida, Georgia

March 24, 2021

Scientists are asking the public to help find and document sundial lupine and wild indigo, host plants of the frosted…
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hand holding fossils

Community Science

Calling aspiring fossil hunters: Levy County excavation opens to volunteers Oct. 5

September 28, 2017

Volunteers can channel their inner paleontologist by digging alongside museum scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Montbrook fossil…
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fossil

Community Science

UF receives $1.97 million NSF grant to develop paleontology network

February 10, 2014

With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation…
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hands digging in dirt for fossil

Community Science

Fossil-digging volunteers strengthen Museum collections

February 1, 2011

For a few weeks each year, dozens of people stop their everyday activities to put on clothes they don’t mind…
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