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Scientists cataloging specimens

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Museum receives $339,000 to digitize invertebrate collections

September 19, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology researchers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to further digitize the department’s…
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A monkey with bronze hair on its head sits in a tree

News in Brief

Red Colobus Monkey Genetics

September 19, 2012

Julie Allen, an evolutionary biologist in UF’s department of biology, describes her research on the Red Colobus monkey in Uganda,…
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A blue and black butterfly clinging to a plant

Fieldwork

Guantanamo Bay Lepidoptera study sets baseline for future research

September 6, 2012

Florida Museum scientists publishing the first study on butterflies and moths of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station have discovered vast biodiversity…
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A scientist scans fossil

Collections

Museum receives $455,000 grant to curate, digitize vertebrate fossils

July 2, 2012

A new National Science Foundation grant allows scientists to prepare vertebrate paleontology specimens at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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Susan Milbrath looking at artifacts

Collections

Museum researchers receive $53,000 to digitize ancient Mayan collection

June 20, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers recently received $53,000 to enhance the museum’s online database of Mayan artifacts. The two-year…
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Sea turtle skeleton

Collections

Sea turtle, herpetology collection photos

June 12, 2012

A sea turtle specimen from our Herpetology Collection. © Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Kristen Grace Also

two researchers look at back lit screen that is covered in moths

News in Brief

Why Science? Lepidopterology

June 6, 2012

Akito Kawahara, an assistant professor and curator of Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History, explains why he became…
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Larry Page holding a specimen in the Florids Museum's ichthyology collection

Awards & Honors

Museum researcher to address Congress on digitizing biological collections

June 4, 2012

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Larry Page will deliver a congressional briefing in Washington Tuesday about the value of…
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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…
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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…
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