Whether you love them or fear them, this Children’s Book Meetup is sure to help you understand a little bit more about one of the ocean’s most well-known predators – sharks! On Saturday, December 5, 2020 the Florida Museum and the Alachua County Library District (ACLD) met to talk all things sharks
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Tolerating a very narrow range of environmental conditions including temperature, salinity, and solar radiation, reefs are very sensitive to damage from environmental changes. Corals, in particular, are susceptible to a number of diseases including black band disease, white band disease, and coral
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Online Collection Database The >700K specimen lots (2023) available digitally through the online database represent >95% of our collection. Sampled are cataloged with phylum-specific catalog numbers. Specimens from recent surveys are frequently accompanied by tissue samples and images. Tissue
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The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed archaeologist Michelle LeFebvre as assistant curator of the South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography Program. LeFebvre’s work explores how humans have interacted with their environment over long periods of time, with a focus on the Indigenous p
One notable example is ZooArchNet, an open-access data platform that links records
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History wants you to learn about the connection between all organisms by grabbing a beer at First Magnitude Brewing Co. First Magnitude, located at 1220 SE Veitch St., will bring back the “One Treeâ€� pale ale during a “Science on Tapâ€� event April
€œScience on Tapâ€� event April 25 at 5 p.m. highlighting the importance of the links
Ecology The transport of living plants and animals to areas beyond their native range has been practiced by human beings for thousands of years. While some introductions are intentional, others occur by accident or happenstance. Regardless of the means by which an introduction is manifested, th
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Current Faculty and Staff Nicole R. Fuller Collection Manager E-mail: fullern@floridamuseum.ufl.edu Nicole Fuller is the collection manager in the Environmental Archaeology Program at the Florida Museum. Nicole is a zooarchaeologist and began working as a faunal analyst at the Florida Museum
Her research links archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, and geoarchaeological data
It’s always lovely to change over to a new year. The DE team started with some mini sessions of department time to reflect on what we worked on in 2023, breaking down our wins and challenges. We then looked ahead at the upcoming year, identifying our internal goals, scheduling anticipated Museum pro
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Florida’s common corals Staghorn Coral -Â Acropora cervicornis Staghorn coral forms antler-like branches growing in tangled dense thickets. The surface is covered with small, protruding round cups. It is brown to yellow-brown with a pale tip on the end of each branch. The tips are quite delic
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What is a Coral Reef? Coral colonies made of many individual coral polyps Corals produce calcium carbonate skeletons Symbiotic algae provide nutrition to corals Coral reefs are among the most diverse communities on this planet, often described as „rainforests of the sea“. Reefs occ
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