The University of Florida Herbarium applies donations to fund student, staff, and faculty research in plant systematics, and to help grow and diversify the herbarium. Past and current donations have helped to fund and train students on mounting historic plant specimens as well as trips to collect sp
Consisting of more than a half million specimens, the University of Florida Herbarium
In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in 1882 for
their lower jaw since their first appearance in the fossil record more than 200 million
We are excited to welcome our newest curator, Vaughn Shirey, to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Working in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Shirey will help study, grow and digitize our moth and butterfly collections. Shirey is a conservation biologist who uses museum s
directly resulted in the discovery that butterflies originated in North America 100 million
The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History was recently awarded two grants to help support pollinators in Florida. The Florida Department of Transportation has set aside $155,002 for the team to plant and monitor thousands of milkweeds along roads in North Florida, and Duke Energy Flor
spaces.� Wildflowers are the new roadside attraction There are an estimated 4 million
Doug and Pam Soltis of the Florida Museum of Natural History were recognized last month as being in the top 1% of highly cited researchers. This year’s list, which was curated and published by the analytical organization Clarivate, lauded researchers from around the world whose work has significantl
They’ve sequenced the ancient DNA of plant fossils preserved more than 15 million
In the early 1980s, amateur paleontologists discovered fossils at a commercial shell pit near Tampa. Public volunteers aided museum staff to complete an extensive excavation in just 6 months, recovering over 20,000 specimens. This demonstrated the great value of volunteers at fossil digs, now common
Summary Leisey Shell Pit Specimens From Hillsborough Co., Florida Lived ~1.5–1 million
Van Hyning became the Museum’s first director in 1914, and ran it virtually unassisted for 29 years. He started the Museum’s mollusk collection, now among the five largest in the U.S. and second largest in the world in online access. Summary Van Hyning Cockle Shell (Dinocardium robustum vanhynin
invertebrate-zoology-van-hyning-cockle-shell.mp3 Florida Museum of Natural History houses a collection of 3 million
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the National Science Foundation this month. Awards were distributed to faculty members in archaeology, vertebrate paleontology, Lepidoptera, biodiversity info
Roughly 56 million years ago, temperatures abruptly rose by as much as 8 degrees
Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely the calling cards of an ancient meteorite. Analysis of the beads suggests they are microtektites, particles that form when the explosive impact of an extraterrestrial ob
the shell-packed walls of a quarry that offered a cross-section of the last few million
Engage with scientists in a working lab, get an up-close look at a live bug zoo, and experience the beauty and wonder of the often hidden world of insects through an immersive multimedia display in Science Up Close: Incredible Insects! Learn about bees, butterflies, beetles, and the important role
Learn about bees, butterflies, beetles, and the important role the more than 5.5 million
