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
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Gear up for some fungal fun and discover the life that’s beneath your feet! Learn about mushrooms with a mycologist and then take an easy hike in the park with us! The preserve has an abundance of wetland areas that provide a good environment for mushrooms and fungi to develop. Today’s event
Matt Smith, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and curator of the UF Fungal Herbarium
Evidence from a study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History confirms that the carnivorous, seven-foot-tall „terror bird“ likely arrived in North America from South America several million years before a land bridge connected the two continents. Previously, scientists assumed the 330-pound, fl
other researcher worldwide has applied this technique to date the age of fossils: 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
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
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
©Florida Museum image by Sarah Fazenbaker Doug Soltis, a distinguished professor
