Inner Beauty was on display in the Florida Museum from July 2021 through May 2023. It was so popular, we reimagined it as an online exhibit. Museum technology is shifting how fish skeletons are processed providing more accessibility for research, education, outreach and global collaboration.
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Native Distribution: Mississippi
Kudzu is one of the best-known weeds in the U.S. Some consider it the poster child of invasive plants – “the vine that ate the South!” Where did it come from? How did it get here? And is it a cause for concern in Florida? 1: Kudzu comes from Asia. Kudzu, Pueraria montana, is thought to be native t
the heaviest infestations in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter „r“ – from September to April – to avoid watery shellfish, or worse, a nasty bout of food poisoning. Now, a new study suggests people have been following this practice for at least 4,000 years. An analysis of a large she
the coasts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi
An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often killed by traumatic injuries, commonly caused by cats or collisions with buildings, windows or vehicles. For seabirds, malnourishment was a leading cause of death
a swallow-tailed kite, merlin, short-tailed hawk, Mississippi
During the ice ages of the Pleistocene, the Florida peninsula regularly expanded to twice its current size as glaciers grew near the planet’s poles, only to be reduced to a series of islands as melting ice returned to the sea during warm periods. All told, glaciers advanced and retreated 17 times, a
Museum of Natural History who joined the faculty at Mississippi
After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able to fix atmospheric nitrogen are most diverse in arid regions of the country. This finding runs counter to the prevailing assumption that nitrogen-fixers should be co
of Natural History, Louisiana State University and Mississippi
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
unearthed a rare trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi
Worldwide, there are only 75 known instances of unprovoked bull shark attacks and 23 human fatalities on record in the International Shark Attack File, a global database housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. But because so little is known about bull shark, scientists are not able to predi
another instance a bull shark swam 1,740 miles up the Mississippi
Goblin Shark Mitsukurina owstoni Not a great deal is known about this rare shark. Living in the deep ocean, the goblin shark catches prey by quickly projecting its jaw forward. This feature and its large extended snout prompted its fearsome name. Order – Lamniformes Family – Mitsukurinidae
the northern Gulf of Mexico south of Pascagoula, Mississippi
The sweet smells of spring fill the air as more and more people head to parks and playgrounds to enjoy the weather. While the air grows warmer and the promise of summer quickly approaches, picnic-goers and adventure-seekers head outdoors, facing the risks that come with it – from sunburns and allerg
samples were gathered from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi
