New book sheds light on importance of pottery to early peoples
A new book by a Florida Museum researcher challenges traditional theories about the exchange of prehistoric pottery and its value…
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Behind the scenes: sequencing genome of ancient flowering plant
Meet the University of Florida researchers who are part of a nationwide team preparing to open a door into a…
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Exploring north Florida rivers for ice age tusks
This video takes viewers on location to the Aucilla River in northwest Florida where Museum scientists search underwater for mammoth…
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Research, education initiative to take place in Panama
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are leading a research and education project in Panama with the help of a…
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The why, where and when of leading shark attack site
Shark attacks are most likely to occur on Sunday, in less than 6 feet of water, during a new moon…
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Bird sound recordings going digital
Ornithologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History are preparing to digitize nearly all of the museum’s analog bird-sound field…
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DNA sequenced for entire Pacific island
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are collecting marine invertebrates on the French Polynesian island of Moorea as part of…
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20,000th specimen added to genetic repository cryogenic freezer
The Florida Museum of Natural History has added specimen number 20,000 to its Genetic Resources Repository, a nitrogen-cooled freezer with…
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Donation of Lepidoptera collection will boost biodiversity research
A gift of more than 2 million butterfly and moth specimens to the University of Florida contains hundreds and possibly…
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Catch and release
The sun had barely broken over the trees as Jason Romine, a research biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural…
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