Events for week of Sunday, September 14, 2025 – Florida Museum https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/calendar/week/2025-09-16/
Florida Museum of Natural History
Our neat science sessions bring the water cycle into your hands.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Our neat science sessions bring the water cycle into your hands.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Our neat science sessions bring the water cycle into your hands.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Our neat science sessions bring the water cycle into your hands.
Florida Museum of Natural History
Our neat science sessions bring the water cycle into your hands.
An extinct tortoise species that accidentally tumbled into a water-filled limestone sinkhole in the Bahamas about 1,000 years ago has finally made its way out, with much of its DNA intact. As the first sample of ancient DNA retrieved from an extinct tropical species, this genetic material could h
plastic 3-D model created from the ancient tortoise’s shell rests easily in two hands
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Many young children today are disconnected from the natural world as controlled learning environments have placed a barrier between nature and students. But with support from Outback Steakhouse, the Florida Museum of Natural History is working to close the gap between urban stu
outside as much as they used to, so this is an opportunity to help them get their hands
Starry Night will not be held in 2021. Meet astronomers, enjoy interactive activities and see a portable planetarium show. This is a FREE, fun-filled night of astronomical proportions! Doors open and event begins at 6 p.m. A sample list of activities are available below along with more inf
To get inside, visitors will crawl on their hands and knees through an inflated tunnel
As children, many of us grow up listening to fantastical stories about pirates sailing the seas, exploring islands, and following maps to big red X’s that mark the spot for buried treasure. My little brother and I would play pirates in our backyard as we ventured past the vast tomato garden and a
This is where it’s time to get hands dirty!
Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle. Commonly used by Congolese communities to bait traps for small mammals, Hysterangium bonobo is also savored by bonobos, an endangered species of great ape. Scientists say the
its smell wafting through the air or by digging in the soil and sniffing their hands
There are more than 1,000 natural history museums around the world, each tasked with studying and preserving a portion of our planet’s natural and cultural heritage. Notes From Nature is an online platform that allows anyone with an internet connection to advance that mission by helping move valuabl
that mission by helping move valuable specimen data out of museums and into the hands