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Quality control for specimen data, image acquisition and data handling is essential for the success of this project. Barcoding Images are named based on the barcode on the specimen and specimens data are linked via the barcode number, which is the same as our catalog number. If a specimen is incor
The best way to double check is to have someone else reverse the stack of specimens

Pam and Doug Soltis, distinguished professors with the Florida Museum of Natural History, discuss how sequencing the genome of one critical flowering plant can be used as a tool to develop new pharmaceuticals and improve crop plants. The Soltises are currently analyzing the genome of Amborella, uni
A huge proportion of the plants that occur there occur nowhere else in the world,

The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. Later transferred to the new University of Florida, this early collection of about 5,000 specimens documents Florida flora from the 1890s and early 1900s. Summary Chinquapin (Castanea pumi
was a professor of natural science, entomology, botany and just about anything else

The McGuire Center was privileged to host visiting researchers in October and November 2023, through the Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith Visiting Researcher Endowment. Roy Goff traveled from his home base in England to photograph several hundred species of Sub-Saharan African moths in our colle
identified specimens of species not already represented on the website or anywhere else

Swing by the Butterfly Rearing Lab and you’ll likely see gigantic moths hanging in the window. They are real, but these moths sit so still during the day that they’re often disregarded as a string of decorative garland. They’re alive. We promise. Most moths are nocturnal, so they rest during t
With only a few precious days to do this, there’s not much time for anything else

The seagrass is greener along Florida’s Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida’s Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thous
If mollusks are doing well, it’s likely that everything else is too.

The American Alliance of Museums has selected Doug Jones as this year’s recipient of its award for distinguished service to museums. The award is considered to be the “most prestigious in the museum profession” and recognizes individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions througho
my life has been enriched by the people I’ve worked with much more than anything else

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
And they would ignore everyone else, go right for the person who had touched their

This semester I was presented with a very unique opportunity in which I was able to help dig up fossils for UF’s vertebrate paleontology class. Throughout my visits to the dig site, I think I was really able to learn firsthand about all of the different aspects of what goes on at the site and how mu
that whatever is hidden in my square is a bit closer to the surface for someone else

When Hercules was tasked by Eurystheus with cleaning up after King Augeas‘ cattle in a single day, he had his work cut out for him. But Hercules, being not only a superhero but also a wiz, figured out a painless solution and diverted a nearby river so that its waters would do the work for him. All a
caterpillars in bags that, akin to baby diapers, need to be frequently changed, or else