Juvenile hellbenders have a different diet than adults, a finding that could help improve conservation efforts of the giant aquatic salamanders. A study of diet...
New research shows climate change is altering the delicate seasonal clock that North American migratory songbirds rely on to successfully mate and raise healthy...
Once common throughout coastal southern Florida, the Miami blue butterfly now ranks among North America’s rarest insects.
While the main driver of the butterfly’s swift decline is unknown, tropical storms, habitat loss and coastal development have...
A Florida Museum of Natural History study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems and shifts in ocean...
Frogs date back more than 150 million years in the fossil record, and for centuries, the amphibians have been idolized and used in various ways by different cul...
After 2015’s record-busting 98 shark attacks, calmer waters prevailed in 2016. The University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File reported 81 unprovoked attacks worldwide, in line with the five-year average of about 82 incidents annually.
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Fossil primates, ancient mollusks and exotic butterflies will soon be coming to your home—as long as you have a personal computer.
This week, the National Sc...
They seem similar at first glance, but it turns out the indigo snakes found on Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts are not two of a kind.
Florida Museum rese...
The American Association of School Libraries recently announced its 2016 list of the Best Apps for Teaching & Learning, including the interactive data-gathering application Map of Life created by a partnership between the University of Florida an...
Shark researcher George Burgess displays an original July 1916 issue of the New York Tribune describing the New Jersey attacks, known as "The 12 Days of Terror...
