Teaching in the Caribbean islands Our collecting throughout the Caribbean has taken us to many islands. Before each trip we inquire about the local schools and arrange a trip to visit one or more. These trips are used to explain to the students why we are visiting their island, and why we value the
The beginning of the course will feature class discussions led by the instructor
Long before Columbus, the islands of the Caribbean were home to Native American peoples. Over thousands of years, these island inhabitants built rich and diverse cultures, with their own technology, diet, history, religion, and art. Sadly, these people all but disappeared in less than a generation a
Expansion along the southern coast of Hispaniola led to the colonization of Jamaica
The Florida Museum of Natural History has named Akito Kawahara as the new director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, a leading institution in butterfly and moth research and education. Kawahara studies the diversity and evolution of moths and butterflies and succeeds Keith W
world devoted to the study of butterflies and moths, and it’s fitting that it be led
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — K-12 science teachers from across Florida will spend four days this summer in a University of Florida laboratory as part of a professional development workshop hosted by the UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute titled “Florida’s Connection to the Biosphere.â€� July 7-12, 34
funded by the “Scientist in Every Florida School� project, a new initiative led
Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution of seed and flowering plants. The study, to be published online Sunday in Nature, is the first to identify the occurrence of ancient genome duplication events and show
“One ancient genome duplication event led to all the diversity of flowering plants
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers and amateur paleontologists teamed up to give K-12 teachers a crash course that came with some impressive party favors: real fossils. Through a four-day workshop in August 2017, called FOSSILs4Teachers!, 30 teachers from across the U.S. converged on a
The Florida Museum’s Victor Perez and Jeanette Pirlo, far right, led workshop participants
The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 identifiable specimens. The specimens formerly comprised the world’s second-largest collection of Florida vertebrate fossils. The museum will
His project on shark teeth found in the creek near the school later led to his masterâ
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Our student-led team has sifted through hundreds of bills to find those that pertain
Imagine the opportunity to step into the life of your favorite author. And imagine that he shares with you his writing techniques and life experiences. Hard to imagine? Not if the author is Randy Wayne White and you are one of the 20 aspiring and published writers who attended his writer’s workshop
After everyone was introduced and mingled while enjoying refreshments, Randy led
The collapse of honeybee colonies across North America is focusing attention on the honeybees‘ vital role in the survival of agricultural crops, and a new study by Florida Museum and Indiana University Southeast researchers shows insect pollinators have likely played a key role in the evolution and
combined with known structural changes occurring in flowering plants at this time, led
