The All Catfish Species Inventory (Order Siluriformes) or „All Catfishes“ as it became known, was funded by NSF as Phase I of a PBI of the Otophysi and was completed in 2009. Â Otophysi (minnows, characins, electric fishes, and catfishes) comprises 72% of all freshwater fishes. As indicated by
taken (11,195), phylogenetic relationships revealed, and information made available online
Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Julie Allen recently received the 2009 Best Paper Award from the University of Florida biology department. Allen won the award for her paper on mutualistic bacteria, which live in some insects. The article appeared in the academic journal PLoS ON
over tens of millions and even hundreds of millions of years.� Read the article online
Though well known for his later work as the Florida Museum’s curator of Herpetology, Walter Auffenberg originally established himself with the museum as the first curator of Vertebrate Paleontology. He completed his PhD on fossil snakes of Florida in 1956, then worked until 1959 as the curator for t
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Although we are involved with a great deal of projects across the Museum, we’re especially proud of the planning and implementation of these highlights: Florida Snake ID Guide Our most recent project was assisting our Herpetology Department in a complete revamp and upgrade of the Florida snake I
We published an extensive online companion exhibit with original content, photos
Established in 1983, the South Florida Program investigates, reports on, and conserves knowledge of the past environments and cultures of South Florida, with the goal of exploring human-animal interactions in an interdisciplinary framework. Exhibit Objects Archaeological Collections The Syste
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
Invertebrate zoology is the study of all animals without backbones. Of the major divisions (phyla) of animal life, about 97 percent are invertebrates. Our Invertebrate Zoology Collection began as a malacology collection (mollusks) under Thompson Van Hyning, the first director of the Florida Museum.
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
Congratulations to our 2019 winner, Anyel Torres! This year the Florida Museum hosted its seventh ButterflyFest Facebook Photo Challenge! The challenge is designed to educate and promote awareness of biodiversity and wildlife through photography. Photos had to include some aspect of metamorphosi
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Congratulations to our 2018 winner! This year the Florida Museum hosted its sixth ButterflyFest Facebook Photo Challenge! The challenge was designed to educate and promote awareness of wildlife and biodiversity through photography. Photos had to include some aspect of an ecosystem reflecting bot
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In all kinds of weather, and across all kinds of terrain, the Florida Museum has excavated fossils from Central Florida’s Bone Valley Formation for the past 60 years. The sites of the formation are among the most prolific in Florida for vertebrate fauna and remain an important resource for our under
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Plaster fossil jackets often require a lot of wrangling, even when they are small. These jackets are constructed in the field with plaster, burlap, and even wood board, designed to bundle together the matrix and heavy fossils. While they make for a secure way to transport material out of the field,
Education Aucilla River Prehistory Project Pony Express Archive Fossil Horses Online
