Apr 6, 2018
Austin, Bullen 2018 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2018 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
May 5, 2016
Building on shells: Unraveling mysteries of Calusa kingdom
Centuries before countries such as the United Arab Emirates and China started building islands, the Calusa Indians living in southwest…
Jun 12, 2015
Making sense of the past for a better future
A few miles from Lake Okeechobee, the ancient village site known as Fort Center lies on the shore of Fisheating…
Mar 13, 2015
Randell Research Center adds two additional Calusa mounds
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Randell Research Center on Pine Island near Fort Myers, once home to the Calusa Indians, has…
Nov 12, 2014
A living history
By his mid-20s, Keith Reeves had traveled the world. When he settled in Florida in the 1960s, however, it was…
Sep 1, 2011
Shedding light on ancient climate change
The mysterious appearance of numerous ancient duck bones dating to the sixth century at the Pineland archaeological site on Pine…