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scientists using net to catch fish

News in Brief

Updated field guide includes more than 100 newly recognized fish species

July 18, 2011

While Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologist Larry Page collected specimens in Thailand this spring, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released one…
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Larry Page photographing a fish specimen

Collections

UF, FSU receive $10 million for project to digitize U.S. biology collections

July 8, 2011

The National Science Foundation announced today its award of a $10 million grant to the University of Florida and Florida State University to coordinate 92…
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squid suctions close up

Collections

Scientists receive rare giant squid for research

July 1, 2011

One of the mysterious legends of the sea, the giant squid has haunted sailors for hundreds of years. From the…
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Video frame, labidolemur kayi

Collections

Labidolemur kayi: Bizarre Extinct Mammal

May 18, 2011

Meet Jonathan Bloch, Florida Museum associate curator of vertebrate paleontology, as he presents new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved…
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Closeup of a fossilized jaw

Collections

Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History

May 4, 2011

The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…
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Save the sawfish effort, video screen shot

News in Brief

The joint effort to save sawfish

March 4, 2011

Hear the International Sawfish Encounter Database‘s George Burgess, renowned marine wildlife artist Guy Harvey and Chris Peterson of Hell’s Bay…
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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…
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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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swift creek pottery sample

Cultural Heritage

New book sheds light on importance of pottery to early peoples

February 1, 2011

A new book by a Florida Museum researcher challenges traditional theories about the exchange of prehistoric pottery and its value…
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Amborella trichopoda

News in Brief

Behind the scenes: sequencing genome of ancient flowering plant

December 15, 2010

Meet the University of Florida researchers who are part of a nationwide team preparing to open a door into a…
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