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Fieldwork

blue calamintha bee marked with paint

Fieldwork

Scientists discover nest, new northern range of Florida’s rare blue calamintha bee

May 20, 2021

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added…
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bee sticking head out of bag

Fieldwork

Florida’s rare blue bee rediscovered at Lake Wales Ridge

May 7, 2020

The Sunshine State’s iconic wildlife includes the American alligator, the Florida panther, the scrub jay and the manatee. But some…
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man in sunglasses smiling on boat

Fieldwork

Florida scientists tag deep-sea shark from submersible

July 15, 2019

Florida scientists have tagged a deep-sea shark from a submersible, a historic first that took three expeditions, more than 2,000…
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box with two fossil bones

Fieldwork

Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida fossil site

May 16, 2019

When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by…
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frog with yellow belly on white background

Features

In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher

April 16, 2019

University of Florida Ph.D. student Gregory Jongsma has been obsessed with Africa’s wildlife since his childhood. Not the animals you…
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researchers collecting fish

Fieldwork

Rain & Loaches in Thailand

October 16, 2017

Collecting in the field can run the gamut from spending a beautiful day walking along a pristine river to being…
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man hiking verdant moutain ridge

Fieldwork

Philodoria & Science with Chris Johns

December 21, 2016

Scientist Bio: Chris A. Johns Eventually, Chris Johns hopes to slow down and spend his retirement surfing and hanging out,…
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large white ship

Fieldwork

A new age for exploring the uncharted deep sea

December 11, 2015

Imagine looking down on where you live from 20,000 feet above. Now imagine 95 percent of what’s below has never…
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Steadman digging

Evolution

Thomas Farm: a prehistoric treasure

July 14, 2015

Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric…
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teacher with megalodon tooth

Fieldwork

Introducing K-12 teachers to our Panama fieldwork

September 11, 2014

Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum…
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