References + links American Elasmobranch Society American Fisheries Society American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Census of Marine Life Dictionary of Ichthyology Eschmeyer’s Catalog of Fishes: Database of Fish Names and References on all Species of Fishes FAO S
Association of Systematics Collections) Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific Online
Calling all art enthusiasts! Do you enjoy painting, drawing, sculpting or are you just art-curious? Visit the Florida Museum for after-hours SciArt Meetups and create art inspired by Florida nature and culture! Offered in partnership with Santa Fe College Art Gallery and Wayfaring Painter, each mee
Astronomy Guest Speaker: Tim Malles, Space Artist Price: $7 per person Register Online
Bring the Florida Museum to your home or classroom! Go back through geological time and witness the fossil history of Florida during the Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in this FREE 360° virtual tour. See Florida’s first land animals and an amazing parade of life through
on Change: Horse Evolution and Climate Change K-12 Resources: Educator Guide Online
Horses disappeared from Europe in the Oligocene, but persisted in North America. Many other ancient mammals of the Eocene died out while the perissodactyls — horses, rhinos, the rhino-like titanotheres — became more diverse. The name Oligocene (Oligo—few; cene—recent) means that very few ex
Horses The Oligocene Epoch 35 Million – 24 Million Years Ago Fossil Horses Online
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will celebrate its eighth annual ButterflyFest Oct. 19-20. The free event celebrates the importance of backyard wildlife and its role in the ecosystem and includes the largest butterfly plant sale of the year beginning Friday, Oct. 18.
top 10 photos on its Facebook page, and the public will select the overall winner online
Male and female butterflies often have different colors or patterns. Gynandromorphs—part male, part female—show a mix of both. Such anomalies, found once in 100,000 of wild butterflies, can result from mutations, disease, or errors during development. Summary Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio g
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
The Phyloreferencing project seeks a postdoctoral fellow for researching and developing computational semantics approaches to large-scale biodiversity data integration problems. The project aims to enable addressing elements in the Tree of Life by unambiguous, transparent, and fully computable seman
models and ontologies, tools for converting existing data into OWL format, and online
GAINESVILLE – Last year’s lingering red tide caused widespread fish kills, economic impacts and environmental damage. This April, the newly established Thompson Earth Systems Institute at the University of Florida will host two public events to address the statewide effects of red tide. The fi
Those who cannot attend may participate online via live broadcast at http://bit.ly
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest gallery exhibit uses 14 breathtaking photos of local springs to inspire and inform visitors on these critical ecosystems. Featuring images taken by nature photographer and professor Jason Gulley, “Natural Wonders: Florida’s Freshwater Springs� showca
For online and social media use to promote the “Natural Wonders: Florida’s Freshwater
Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago During the Miocene, Florida was home to an amazing variety of plants and animals. Many of the fossil sites our paleontologists have excavated were once a pond or lake that formed within a sinkhole, like the Moss Acres Site in nearby Marion County. By exami
Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit Florida Vertebrate Fossils online
