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In 1977, Bruce MacFadden accepted a curatorial position with the Florida Museum of Natural History’s vertebrate paleontology collection. Since then, he has transformed the museum and made significant contributions to the fields of paleontology and science education. Now, after 47 years, MacFadden
He really epitomizes what it means to be a museum scientist and a professor of distinction

In the cover of night, an unseen war between bats and moths has been raging for 60 million years—and a new study suggests the insects have evolved long tails as a defense. The collaborative work between University of Florida and Boise State University researchers is a first step in determining wh
against echolocating predators,� said lead study author Jesse Barber, an assistant professor

GAINESVILLE – Last year’s lingering red tide caused widespread fish kills, economic impacts and environmental damage. This April, the newly established Thompson Earth Systems Institute at the University of Florida will host two public events to address the statewide effects of red tide. The fi
water resources regional specialized agent; Dail Laughinghouse, UF/IFAS assistant professor

Other Paleobotanical Collections and Databases This is not an exhaustive list of all paleobotanical collections and/or databases. If you would like your site to be listed, please send your web address to Hongshan Wang. The Cuticle Database is an image collection of plant cuticles prepared from vou
Martin Gallivan, archaeologist and professor of Anthropology at the College of William

Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are leading a worldwide study to inventory the largest order of freshwater fishes with the help of a $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant, received during the summer of 2010, is part of the Planetary Biodiversity Inventor
Study co-investigator Jonathan Armbruster, an associate professor and curator of

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its second grant from the Duke Energy Foundation to fund research on how rights of way vegetation management helps support and benefit pollinator populations. Jaret Daniels, director of the museum’s McGuire Center for L
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and a University of Florida associate professor

Feasting at a Cocoa Beach pizza parlor grease bin gave one northern curly-tailed lizard a record-breaking case of constipation. Mouthfuls of insects, an anole and greasy sand congealed into an unpassable glob of poop nearly 80% of the animal’s total body mass – the largest known feces-to-body-mass r
tolerance and adaptability in the lab of Christina Romagosa, assistant research professor

Teaching in the Caribbean islands Our collecting throughout the Caribbean has taken us to many islands. Before each trip we inquire about the local schools and arrange a trip to visit one or more. These trips are used to explain to the students why we are visiting their island, and why we value the
MacFadden Curator and Professor Florida Museum of Natural History 352-273-1937

Thanks to the help of the Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award, I conducted fieldwork in Cedar Key, Florida, in late February. Originally scheduled for October, the trip had to be postponed due to hurricanes. Fortunately, I was given an extension, allowing me to complete the work within Fe
Michal Kowalewski, Curator and Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology here at the

A new study on louse evolution shows the parasite’s genetic structure differs based on geographic region, information essential for developing more effective insecticides. Hundreds of millions of head louse infestations affect children worldwide every year and numbers continue to rise, partly
genomic-wide diversity of lice, said molecular anthropologist Drew Kitchen, an assistant professor