Holbrook Travel & the Florida Museum present Expedition to the Galápagos Islands Dec. 2-12, 2019 Led by Dr. David W. Steadman, Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History Hovering over the equator, 600 miles from the coast of Ecuador, the Galápagos is a world within
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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
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
The study of amphibians and reptiles has a long and proud tradition at the University of Florida. Past herpetological luminaries that were faculty at UF include Archie Carr and Walter Auffenberg and many others passed through as students or postdocs (including Frank Blair, Carl Gans, Alan Holman, Ch
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Registration for Florida Museum of Natural History summer and field camps opens March 15, and includes a new “Lep Campâ€� this year for students in grades 5-8 to experience field collection, specimen preparation and the conservation of butterfly and moth specimens with museum sci
Pre-registration is required for all camps and is available online at www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Miocene Epoch 23 to 5 million years ago The Miocene in Florida was a time of abundance with grassland savannahs and a variety of woodland habitats that supported a wide range of food for browsing and grazing animals. With more diversity of herbivores, came more specialized predators too. Explore
Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit Florida Vertebrate Fossils online
Naturalists noticed declining populations of the once-common Carolina Parakeets as early as the 1830s. By the end of the 19th century, they were restricted to Florida. These eggs, collected on the Kissimmee Prairie, may be the last sign of this once common bird. Summary Carolina Parakeet Eggs (C
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Special Collections Building houses roughly 4 million specimens preserved in 60,000 gallons of ethyl or isopropyl alcohol that make up the Museum’s expansive “wet� collections, including those from the Herpetology, Ichthyology, Invertebrate Zoology, Mammals an
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Personnel of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History can help identify fossils legally purchased and/or collected from State land in Florida. To aid our identifications, please tell us where the specimen was found, to the best of your knowledge. Our compar
Education Aucilla River Prehistory Project Pony Express Archive Fossil Horses 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
Speaker: Samm Wehman Epstein, Artist and Illustrator Price: $7 per person Register Online
Calling tweens and teens ages 14-17! Junior volunteer registration is due TODAY for our summer season! Junior Volunteer Program and application download information
Applications are available online or at the Museum front desk beginning Friday, Jan
