How we stuff a turkey at the Florida Museum
The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be…
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How can scientists engage the public? New book offers best practices
Scientists are increasingly breaking away from the lab or leaving their computer screens to talk to the public about their…
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Environmental archaeology receives NSF grant to curate specimens before data go ‘dark’
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology Program received a nearly $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to curate some…
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Taíno origin story comes to life in animated video by TED-Ed, Museum archaeologist
Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologist William Keegan collaborated with TED-Ed to produce a video dramatization of how the world…
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A kaleidoscope of monarchs: Marveling at one of nature’s greatest journeys
Our horses breathed deep but kept a steady pace as we ascended to 10,000 feet above sea level, scanning the…
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Are shark teeth fossils true fossils?
We get questions like this a lot. This question came by tweet. We turned to Richard Hulbert, Florida Museum’s vertebrate…
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New South American butterfly species named for Florida Museum’s Andy Warren
Researchers have discovered a common butterfly genus from South America previously believed to contain just three species actually has 12….
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Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network
The National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History a $500,000 grant to develop a research coordination network…
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Florida Museum introduces new science outreach programs for Gainesville children
When the Gainesville Cultural Arts Coalition approached Florida Museum of Natural History school outreach coordinator Alberto Lopez in January to…
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25,000 moths from one Florida backyard show how insects change with the seasons
It may seem as though the same brown moths circle your porch light each night. But a two-year survey of…
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