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History of the Herbarium – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/collections/history/

In late 1891, Peter Henry Rolfs began collecting specimens of wild plants in Florida, essentially marking the formation of the University of Florida Herbarium. The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) contains about a half million specimens, including about 350,000 vascular plants, 70,000 bryophy
Lake City (Columbia County), through the efforts of Peter Henry Rolfs (1865-1944), professor

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Remembering Naziha Mestaoui, renowned artist, museum collaborator – Research News

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Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was 44 years old. Mestaoui’s interactive, grand-scale outdoor projections highlighted the connections between all living things, and the Paris-based artist was per
Mestaoui also collaborated with UF College of the Arts Dean and Professor Emerita

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Botanists and archaeologists receive National Science Foundation grant to study Mediterranean history – Research News

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It’s an unusual collaboration. Botanists and archaeologists don’t often work together, unless they’re studying the way people have used plants through time. But a new four-year grant from the National Science Foundation is shaking things up. It provides more than $1 million to study how Mediterranea
Kudzu in Florida Awards & Honors Robert Guralnick named UF Research Foundation Professor

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Who observes the observers? Scientists conduct large-scale study of iNaturalist users – Research News

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Scientists analyzed more than 31 million iNaturalist records in a new study to find out who most often uses the popular nature app and what types of observations they submit. iNaturalist allows anyone with a phone or camera and an Internet connection to upload and identify photos of plants and anima
This isn’t necessarily bad, said senior author Allen Hurlbert, a professor in the

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DNA barcoding improves tropical butterfly classification – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/dna-bar-coding-improves-tropical-butterfly-classification/

When Charles Darwin journeyed to the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s, he collected some mysterious birds that later helped shape his theory of evolution by natural selection. Dubbed „Darwin’s finches,“ they became famous as an example of adaptive radiation, in which animals evolve from a common ances
Petersburg and professor at St. Petersburg State University in Russia.

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Newly discovered tiger shark migration pattern might explain attacks near Hawaii – Research News

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The migration of mature female tiger sharks during late summer and fall to the main Hawaiian Islands, presumably to give birth, could provide insight into attacks in that area, according to a University of Florida scientist. In a new seven-year study, researchers from the Florida Museum of Na
Christopher Lowe, a professor in the biological sciences department at California

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Researchers use AI to create a treasure map of undiscovered ant species – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/researchers-use-ai-to-create-a-treasure-map-of-undiscovered-ant-species/

E. O. Wilson once referred to invertebrates as “the little things that run the world,” without whom “the human species [wouldn’t] last more than a few months.” Although small, invertebrates have an outsized influence on their environments, pollinating plants, breaking down organic matter and speedin
look for new species with restricted ranges,” said senior author Evan Economo, a professor

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New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white – Research News

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The great white shark is one of the largest living predatory animals and a magnet for media sensationalism, yet its evolutionary history is as misunderstood as its role as a menace. Originally classified as a direct relative of megatooth sharks, the white shark’s evolutionary history has been
say it is “a friendly disagreement,” according to Michael Gottfried, an associate professor

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Megalodon shark nursery discovered – Research News

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Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have discovered a 10-million-year-old Neotropical nursery area for the extinct megalodon shark in Panama, providing fossil evidence the fish used these types of areas to protect their young for millions of years. The article, which appeared in the journa
Michael Gottfried, associate professor and curator of vertebrate paleontology at

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