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Like many children, Rachel Narducci gained a love and appreciation of dinosaurs from the movie “Jurassic Park.� Unlike most kids she turned that love of ancient life —and more importantly, fossils — into her career. On Sept. 12, Narducci officially stepped into her new role as collections manager
He later worked as an assistant professor, then an associate professor of geology

Megan Ennes, assistant curator of museum education at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has been named the new director of the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute. In her role, which begins July 1, Ennes will strengthen and forge new collaborations with researchers at UF and
She was recently one of 10 faculty members across UF awarded a 2023 Assistant Professor

The Florida Museum of Natural History welcomes Advait Jukar as its newest curator of vertebrate paleontology. He replaces curator emeritus Bruce MacFadden, who worked in the position for 47 years before retiring last month. Jukar primarily studies the fossils of large mammals that went extinct af
“The developmental biology professor was also interested in dinosaurs and fossils

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery. What little was known about them had been mostly gleaned from analyzing fossilized teeth and jawbone fragments. But a new study of the most complete s
including a much clearer picture of their evolutionary relationships,� said Sargis, professor

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between a worm and… Apr 19, 2023 David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor

On display Sept. 23, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018, Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum celebrated the Museum’s rich history and featured objects that reveal stories about everything from human health to prehistoric life to invasive species. Each Museum collection was asked to contribute
But our roots go back to 1891, when a professor at Florida Agricultural College,

Fossil evidence shows that the two-horned rhinoceros once roamed the plains of North America in great numbers. The bones and tooth wear seen in this bone bed reveal a mix of juveniles, mature adults and older individuals. Summary Rhinoceros Bone Bed (Menoceras) From Western Nebraska Lived ~20
Bruce MacFadden Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology* Distinguished Professor* Florida

Every summer from 2012 to 2016, Bruce MacFadden and a team of scientists accompanied K-12 teachers on an expedition to collect fossils around the Panama Canal. During this National Science Foundation funded professional development program, educators learned from paleontologists how to identify foss
into the field reenergized us about our own work,� said MacFadden, distinguished professor

Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is a remarkable example of evolutionary innovation. While the compound nepetalactone drives two-thirds of cats batty, likely by mimicking sex pheromones, its real purpose
Florida Museum of Natural History curator and University of Florida distinguished professor

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
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