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Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis of museum specimens. Misidentified by its original collectors, the lichen is only known from 32 specimens collected in North and Central Florida scrubland between 1885 and 1985. Now the hunt is on to find it in th
“I knew we had these specimens, but I just thought everybody else knew,” Kaminsky

1. Daily Follow-up to Mounting Do a final check on the specimen conditions and have specimens repaired that are not mounted well. Make sure each specimen is secure and has a packet. Provide feedback to the mounters. Pencil the family number on the upper right of each sheet’s label or just ab
If the material is redundant, determine which to cull for exchange, else organize

Kudzu is one of the best-known weeds in the U.S. Some consider it the poster child of invasive plants – “the vine that ate the South!” Where did it come from? How did it get here? And is it a cause for concern in Florida? 1: Kudzu comes from Asia. Kudzu, Pueraria montana, is thought to be native t
part of the country, smothering roadside forests, farmland, houses and anything else

Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories long dismissed as myths. But a new study suggests Columbus may have been telling the truth. Using the equivalent of facial recognition technology,
Museum photo by William Keegan “Why was this pottery so different from everything else

When most people hear the words Guantanamo Bay, they immediately think of the infamous prison built there in 2001. But for Roger Portell, an invertebrate paleontologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Guantanamo means the chance to collect marine fossils on an island that is otherwise larg
We get some unique invertebrate occurrences here in Florida that we see nowhere else

Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They’d flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and they’d soon rendezvous with colleagues from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST
As much as 14% of the Red Sea’s corals, fishes and mollusks can be found nowhere else

The Randell Research Center (RRC) is a program of the Florida Museum of Natural History, which has conducted research and education programs in southwest Florida since 1983. The RRC has existed since 1996 when Patricia and Donald Randell gifted more than 53 acres of the Pineland archaeological site
artifacts not found in dry sites, including ancient botanical remains found nowhere else

Scorpaena plumieri These reef-dwelling fish are great at camouflage, using their mottled coloring and texture to sneak up on smaller fish and crustaceans and swallow them whole in one fast gulp. From short face and big eyes, to stout caudal (tail) fin, they are usually seven to 14 inches long, an
Little else is known about scorpionfish reproduction.

Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Andrei Sourakov has a soft spot for small, winged creatures, and an extraordinary commitment to sharing his passion with younger generations. His latest study published online in the June 2013 issue of Florida Entomologist is co-authored by Museum volu
whether native or exotic, are attacked by the bella moth, but, surprisingly, nothing else

Hi! My name is Alexia Cosman, and I am the 2022 Florida Program for Shark Research Intern! I am now a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Florida, majoring in Microbiology and Cell Science at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For a little background on me, I am originally f
if fishing in the dark would improve our chances of catching or watching someone else