Letter from the McGuire Center’s Director It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened thanks to the visionary support of Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Dr. Thomas Emmel. We are proud of what has been accomplish
McGuire Center students train teachers in molecular techniques.
If you have a computer, you can help move museum research forward in three minutes or less. Community scientists can use Notes from Nature, a digital platform funded by the National Science Foundation, to contribute to research around the world by transcribing handwritten information about museum
“Label Babel 2” is an expedition that helps train algorithms to autodetect these
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — K-12 science teachers from across Florida will spend four days this summer in a University of Florida laboratory as part of a professional development workshop hosted by the UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute titled “Florida’s Connection to the Biosphere.â€� July 7-12, 34
€œOur goal for the “Scientist in Every Florida Schoolâ€� project is to better train
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
National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, an organization that trains
For those of you who spent time near the center from January to early March of this year, you might have noticed something buzzing around in the distance. Jen Green (South Florida Archaeology Collections Manager, FLMNH) and Daniel Spikowski (Calusa Land Trust) were a couple of the participant
archaeology brings a wealth of new information for us to explore, opportunities to train
After a three-year hiatus, the annual reception honoring museum volunteers for their service resumed. This event celebrates volunteers, acknowledges volunteer effort with service pins in five year increments, reveals the James Pope Cheney Volunteers of the Year, and provides an opportunity for camar
collections, participated in field work in less than ideal conditions, and helped train
What is oVert? oVert, short for openVertebrate, is a new initiative to provide free, digital 3-D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students and the public. Over the next four years, the oVert team will CT scan 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens from U.S. museum collections
The oVert team will train museum specialists to produce, curate and distribute 3-
The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on the University of Florida campus. The museum has functioned as Florida’s official repository of the state’s biodiversity and cultural heritage for more than 100 yea
Museum faculty also train hundreds of University of Florida undergraduate and graduate
An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often killed by traumatic injuries, commonly caused by cats or collisions with buildings, windows or vehicles. For seabirds, malnourishment was a leading cause of death
Salvaged birds enable the researchers to train students in specimen preparation and
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Science Surprises program has expanded to now take place throughout the year thanks to more than $40,000 in funding from the Children’s Trust of Alachua County since 2022. The program, which began during the 2019 school year, consists
During the pandemic, museum staff members were able to train educators in person,
