The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis, is found in every ocean except the
Five Facts Five Facts: Portuguese man-of-war by Amanda Bemis • September 24
The man who sought the riches of the Far East by sailing to the west, and who happened – The man who discovered America. How accurate is the po
The man who discovered America. How accurate is the portrait of Columbus that is
Volunteer Harry Lee has been transferring shells to the Florida Museum one car load at a time for eight years. Nearly every Wednesday at 7:05 a.m. for the past eight years, Dr. Harry G. Lee drives 90 minutes from his home in Jacksonville to volunteer in the Florida Museum of Natural History Inverte
Profiles The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection by Catalina
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Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum Man’s Long Shirt Man’
Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Special Collections Building 3207 Hull Road Gainesville, Florida 32611 352-273-1828 abemis@flmnh.ufl.edu Preferred name: Mandy Collection Invertebrate Zoology Research Interests In addition to caring for the IZ collection, Mandy also dabbles in th
We highlight five bloodsuckers… Sep 24, 2020 Five Facts: Portuguese man-of-war
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
We highlight five bloodsuckers… Read More The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
We highlight five bloodsuckers… Read More The Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis
First of all, there are no vampire bats in Florida! And bats are not rodents. They are in their own order, Chiroptera, which translates to „hand-wing,“ and most people are surprised to learn that the bone structure of a bat wing is nearly identical to a human hand. Bats are also the only mammals tha
in caves, those are not common throughout Florida so they often find shelter in man-made
Kirby Smith was a Confederate general, amateur botanist and academic. He collected plants wherever he was stationed during his long career. His plant collection, donated to the Museum, represents a snapshot of plant biodiversity during Kirby Smith’s time. Summary Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amp
So he was a full career military man but he was also an amateur botanist who collected
The Silk Cotton or Ceiba Tree [Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.] is one of the largest trees in the American tropics. The tree has played an important role in the spiritual and economic lives of the peoples who live in the circum-Caribbean region. The Ceiba is a rapidly growing deciduous tree that
One old man smoking jackass rope tobacco said to me in explanation: ‘One day you
