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Research News

Fieldwork

Sawfish fin tagging

Fieldwork

Record number of endangered sawfish tagged

April 24, 2012

Scientists studying marine animals at the Florida Museum of Natural History seem to be living the high life, heading to…Read More

video screen shot, Researchers catch bats at night and examine them

Fieldwork

Catching Bats in the Caribbean

January 27, 2012

Doctoral biology student Angelo Soto-Centeno explains his research into how climate change has affected the diversity of bat populations across…Read More

Gustav Paulay holds a spiny invertebrate specimen in a jar

Fieldwork

Researchers begin mission Friday to study Gulf of Mexico biodiversity

March 3, 2011

A group of 23 researchers led by Florida Museum scientist Gustav Paulay will leave from St. Petersburg Friday on an expedition to…Read More

Ice Age Tusks, video

Fieldwork

Exploring north Florida rivers for ice age tusks

October 4, 2010

This video takes viewers on location to the Aucilla River in northwest Florida where Museum scientists search underwater for mammoth…Read More

digging in Panama

Fieldwork

Research, education initiative to take place in Panama

August 1, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are leading a research and education project in Panama with the help of a…Read More

sea urchin

Fieldwork

DNA sequenced for entire Pacific island

January 2, 2010

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of…Read More

calm water with heavy fog

Fieldwork

Catch and release

September 1, 2009

The sun had barely broken over the trees as Jason Romine, a research biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural…Read More

Alex Hastings and Fabiany Herrera dig in Panama

Evolution

Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics

March 20, 2009

Contrary to previous evidence, a new Florida Museum of Natural History study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely…Read More

fossilized coral close up

Fieldwork

Guantanamo Bay fossils fill research void

February 1, 2009

When most people hear the words Guantanamo Bay, they immediately think of the infamous prison built there in 2001. But…Read More

shallow rippling water

Fieldwork

Bull sharks and rays tracked in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon

January 1, 2009

Worldwide, there are only 75 known instances of unprovoked bull shark attacks and 23 human fatalities on record in the…Read More

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