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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

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Continue Hard clam shellfish aquaculture, also known as clam farming, is a $20 million

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

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

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Continue Hard clam shellfish aquaculture, also known as clam farming, is a $20 million

The Florida Museum has grown from a small teaching collection into an international powerhouse for research and education. In 1917, state legislation created the Florida State Museum (now Florida Museum of Natural History). But our roots go back to 1891, when a professor at Florida Agricultural Coll
With more than 40 million objects, the Museum maintains the largest natural history

The Dinohippus genus is believed to be the most closely related to Equus, the genus that includes the living horses, asses and zebras. Florida Museum paleontologists have unearthed Dinohippus fossils at many sites, including the Palmetto Fauna mine and the Moss Acres Racetrack. Where & When?
Dinohippus fossils are found in the Upper Miocene of North America and date from 13–5 million

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According to a new report from the Florida Policy Institute, more than 5.7 million