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The strength and significance of the FLMNH Invertebrate Paleontology (IP) Collection resides in the extensive amount of material collected within the last 50 years from over 8,500 sites around Florida, the southeastern U.S., and the circum-Caribbean. These collections are unique in that they repres
At present, the formed Systematic Collection (TX) contains 242,199 lots (~ 2.25 million

During its more than 100-year existence, the Florida Museum of Natural History has inspired people to learn and care about life on Earth and make a positive difference in its future. Similarly, Linda and Ken McGurn’s life work has centered on leaving places better than they found them. Now the Mc
Their donation will help fund the more than $32 million expansion planned for the

The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed Keith Willmott director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, one of the world’s premier research institutes dedicated to butterflies and moths. Willmott, a curator who specializes in Neotropical butterflies, succeeds Jaret Dan
management and accessibility of the center’s collection, which houses some 10 million

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Go on an arachnid adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Spiders Alive!” exhibit, opening Jan. 28. With more than a dozen live species from around the world, this exciting exhibition dives into the world of spiders, scorpions and their relatives and inform
Rare fossils display species from the past, including one in limestone that’s 100 million

Epicyon haydeni Quick Facts Common Name: none About the size of a grizzly bear, this species is the largest canid ever known. Its known range extended across the United States from Florida to California and Oregon. Age Range Middle to late Miocene epoch; Clarendonian to early Hem
Clarendonian to early Hemphilian North American land mammal ages About 12 to 6 million

A new study by researchers from five institutions including the University of Florida introduces the first method to directly measure body temperatures of extinct vertebrates and help reconstruct temperatures of ancient environments. The study, appearing in this week’s online early edition of Pro
UF campus. “The method described in the study has been shown to work with 12-million-year-old

Many folks seem to be under the mistaken impression that a herbarium is a place where herbs are grown. Actually, it’s a collection of plant specimens preserved, labeled and stored in an organized manner that facilitates access. You can think of it as a library of dried plant specimens used fo
The largest herbaria in the world (each with 7 to 9.5 million specimens) are located

Before the summer of 1916, there was still debate about whether sharks could kill humans. Most people were not even sure if a shark could bite a human. One of them was New York multimillionaire Hermann Oelrichs, who offered a $500 reward in 1891 for anyone who proved a shark attacked a human. Tha
Snyder Even though a person has about a one in 3.7 million chance of being killed

The Historical Archaeology program has had active research projects ongoing in St. Augustine, Florida, since 1973, and in Hispaniola since 1979. The sites and their collections provide a record of Spanish colonial settlement in the circum-Caribbean region, spanning the period between the arrival of
Spanish Pitcher Spanish Sword (cast) The collection consists of more than 2 million

The Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum has at least one fossil collecting session per year that uses volunteer assistance. Our current large-scale excavation is at the Montbrook Site. The site is about a 45-minute drive south of Gainesville, near the town of Williston in Levy
on the faunal assemblage and preservation, the site is believed to be 5 to 5.5 million