What came first the lichen or the mushroom? How do we know if a mushroom is safe to eat? What is the future of mushrooms on a changing planet? These are just a few of the thoughtful questions that populated the Zoom chat space during the very first VIRTUAL Mushrooms with the Museum event on Sunda
Smith (Associate Professor, UF Dept.
Home to the world’s second largest ice sheet, Greenland is a crucial location for climate change research. But have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a scientist conducting research in a country that’s 80% covered by ice? Join the Florida Museum, the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems
Jon Martin, Professor of Geology and associate chair of Geological Sciences Megan
The University of Florida and the Florida Museum invite you to honor the 2017 recipients of the Archie F. Carr Medal. We will be presenting to two esteemed scientists: Dr. Karen Anne Bjorndal, University of Florida Dr. Peter C. H. Pritchard, Chelonian Research Institute Invitation-Only Receptio
Medal The Carr Medal honors the late Archie Carr, University of Florida zoology professor
The earliest evidence of this little horse is found in the middle Eocene of Wyoming, about 2 million years after the first appearance of Hyracotherium. The two genera coexisted during the Eocene, although Orohippus fossils are not as numerous or as geographically widespread as those of Hyracotherium
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Tuğkan ÖZDÖL (September 2024-September 2025) Email: ozdoltugkan@gmail.com Tuğkan is a graduate student in the Department of Biology at Ege University in Turkey. He is spending a full year in the lab working with us to better understand the nature of endemism in the Mediterranean Basin.
Ki Oug Yoo (2015-2016) Email: yooko[at]kangwon.ac.kr Professor and Curator, KWNU
The Sunshine State is experiencing many environmental challenges, but how will these changes affect the future? Grab your favorite local brew and join the Florida Museum and University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute for an engaging virtual conversation about urban streams with experts i
Topic: Urban Streams Speaker: AJ Reisinger, Assistant Professor of Urban Soil and
Art and science collide in this FREE celebration of the diversity of life on Earth. Explore the Museum exhibits and join us and the Digital Worlds Institute for screenings of the short film TreeTender and the premiere of its sequel, TreeTender 2. TreeTender follows a young woman, Gaia, becoming the
Assistant in Digital Arts & Sciences Ryan Folk, Mississippi State University Assistant Professor
Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless other life forms, including us. Now, scientists have completed a nine-year genetic quest to shine a light on the long, complex history of land plants and green
everything is interrelated,� said Gane Ka-Shu Wong, lead investigator of 1KP and professor
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History wants you to learn about the connection between all organisms by grabbing a beer at First Magnitude Brewing Co. First Magnitude, located at 1220 SE Veitch St., will bring back the “One Treeâ€� pale ale during a “Science on Tapâ€� event April
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Join a panel of scientists, artists and special effects experts as we view and discuss The Dark Knight (2008) PG-13. Friday nights in July, the Museum and Creative B will host FREE movie screenings and explore the balance between science and art. In honor of our exhibit Masters of the Night, this y
LLC Ian Breheny – Florida Museum exhibit designer Terry Harpold – UF associate professor
