Our popular annual Drink with the Extinct event was last night, Nov. 7th! We were able to raise funds for the Museum’s Butterfly Garden program at area schools, which helps close the gap between student and nature through hands-on science learning. Many of Gainesville’s breweries served up beer s
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The Florida Museum and First Magnitude Brewing celebrated the release of a new beer on March 30, 2018. Bartram’s Blonde is a light, refreshing blonde ale and the 5th beer created to raises awareness for rare and at-risk butterflies in Florida. This beer highlighted the the federally endangered Ba
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Three treatises published during the 19th Century summarized the non — marine molluscan fauna of Mexico and Central America known at that time. Herman Strebel. 1873. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna mexikanischer Land — und Süsswasser — Conchylien. Theil I: 1 — 69. 1875, Theil II: 1 — 58. 1878, Th
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What do hospitals, algal blooms and lawn mower grass clippings have in common? What are ghost streams and how do you know if you live near one? Learn about urban streams with AJ Reisinger, Assistant Professor of Urban Soil and Water Quality at UF’s Soil and Water Sciences Department. AJ also talk
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Have you heard about the iNaturalist app and want to try it out? It can be intimidating for people to jump in who feel like beginners, or who are just starting to explore their backyard biodiversity or discover plants and animals on nearby nature walks. But citizen scientists are helping researchers
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More than 250 years ago, Fort Mose (pronounced “Moh-say”) in St. Augustine, Florida, became the first legally sanctioned free Black town in the present-day United States. Now a Historic State Park, it is a critically significant site for Black American history. As part of the Resilience: Black Hi
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On Saturday, January 30th, 2021 the Florida Museum and the Alachua County Library District (ACLD) met to talk all things insects by digging into the book Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist, an illustrated picture biography of scientist Evelyn Cheesman and her perseverance in science during a partic
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The United Nations declared Feb. 11 as International Women and Girls in Science Day to further achieve gender equality and encourage more female participation in science. The University of Florida hosted special events across campus Feb. 10-19 in celebration. We celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 15, a
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We’re excited to participate in the Eco Chase Challenge: Race Against Waste! This engaging, multi-month scavenger hunt sends teams on missions around the community to get photos or videos at checkpoints, answer trivia questions, and gather points to compete with other teams. Cash and prizes will be
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Starry Night 2018 was astronomical! Nearly 2,400 visitors joined us at the Museum on Nov. 16 and participated in activity stations indoors and outdoors. From kids‘ activities in the Discovery Zone, to great science presentations in the central Denny Gallery, to the telescopes on the back lawn, we sa
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