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Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is a remarkable example of evolutionary innovation. While the compound nepetalactone drives two-thirds of cats batty, likely by mimicking sex pheromones, its real purpose
Nepeta cataria, began to evolve a biochemical pathway for making iridoids about 20 million

A group of scientists has created the first comprehensive evolutionary reconstruction of the many families of flowering plants, an achievement that could aid in the search for plant-based cures for diseases and improve agricultural crops. The group, which includes two Florida Museum of Natura
, comprising at least 250,000 species, with the oldest originating at least 130 million

Dozens of Eastern indigo snakes have been released in Florida as part of the Nature Conservancy’s program to reintroduce the rare native species to its historical habitat. Eastern indigo snakes prey on venomous snakes, but they are nonvenomous themselves and are not aggressive when approached. They
Using satellite imagery, the scientists estimate there are currently 30 million metric

Contact Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity 3215 Hull Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710 352-273-2012 kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu Collections & Programs Systematics of Neotropical Butterflies Lab McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiv
15, 2023 Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America About 100 million

These days, climate change is a hot topic. What will happen as temperatures rise more rapidly than humans have documented in modern history? Will birds and mammals flock or will they be able to acclimate? Who will become extinct? In recent years, scientists have strived to understand the a
warming event known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum that occurred about 56 million

A recent paleontology exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History put fossils and scientists on full display. The exhibit featured a live laboratory in which paleontologists and volunteers cleaned and prepared specimens from Montbrook, a nearby fossil site with animal remains that have been pre
Montbrook, a nearby fossil site with animal remains that have been preserved for 5.5 million

Nico Cellinese, assistant curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History herbarium and informatics, has received a prestigious $865,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The grant will support Cellinese’s research on genetic diversity in the flowering plant group Campanulac
During an event 5.9 million years ago known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the

Curating: Safeguarding our Treasures Saving the archaeological past does not end with the scientific excavation of sites, or even with writing the reports about those sites. The objects themselves continue to tell us new things about colonial society as new techniques for analysis are invented, and
With several million individual items, a museum—like a library—must have a catalogue

We definitely love to buzz about pollinators! Our friends at the Alachua County libraries invited us to bring Museum treasures to select branches this year. We knew we had to start with our favorite incredible insects! Each Florida Museum Library Showcase is a slice of an exhibit at a different b
With an estimated 5.5 million species, insects are the most diverse group of animals

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initiative to provide free, digital 3-D vertebrate anatomy models and… Read More A $2.5 million