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The popular online Gardening for Pollinators course is back just in time for your summer Florida gardening season! Our butterfly specialist Jaret Daniels has teamed up with colleagues on campus to offer this approachable, self-paced class to get you started. Whether you’re new to Florida or a bud
Instructors Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage Rachel Mallinger, assistant professor

The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2017 Austin Award and Bullen Award, given for student research and significant contributions to the development of museum collections and programs. Greg Stull received the Austin Award for his work on molecular botany and
His research with Florida Museum scientists Pam Soltis, distinguished professor of

From the time of the Calusa and later historic fishing rancheros, to one of the earliest recreational fishing industries in the U.S., Pine Island Sound and surrounding waters have long supported some of the most ardent and resourceful fishing communities in Florida – including ospreys! Ospreys are o
their recovery.� says Randell Research Center Advisory Board Member and Ordway Professor

Northern Mockingbirds live throughout the U.S. in both urban and rural environments. UF researchers recently discovered that these highly intelligent birds remember people who have threatened them in the past, and will attack if they see the same person again. Summary Northern Mockingbird (Mimus
Scott Robinson Katharine Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation* Florida Museum

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and four other institutions $4.7 million to discover and describe all catfish species worldwide. This grant is one of the first of its kind awarded by the foundation to study a group of
about 1,750 new species during the project,” said Page, who also is an affiliate professor

Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows. Despite having lizardlike claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids – mercifully called “albies” for short – were amphibians, not reptiles. Their li
2016, Stanley and Juan Diego Daza, lead author of the Science study and assistant professor

If you eat fruits or vegetables, how often do you think about their history? Former University of Florida post-doctoral researcher Zhen Fan did, as he traced the strawberry back over centuries. In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Fan, now a faculty mem
much DNA as the most ancient wild strawberries,� said Vance Whitaker, a UF/IFAS professor

With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation grant to create a nationwide network of amateur and professional paleontologists. Fossil clubs across the country function independently and do not
experiences with digital scientific artifacts, said Kent Crippen, UF associate professor

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — If you have a computer, you can help move research forward this Thursday through Sunday by participating in WeDigBio Lite, a virtual citizen science festival. Volunteers play a vital role in bringing museum collections online by transcribing handwritten information about spe
That’s why we need the public’s help,� said Julie Allen, assistant professor

The recent launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen Kitchen set a record for the youngest woman to cross the Kármán line, the boundary 62 miles overhead that separates Earth’s atmosphere from everything beyond it. It was the fi
He’s been a professor at the University of Florida since 1980 and is currently