Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a…

With just a few clicks of a mouse, you can purchase your very own redtail garra, a type of fish…

In 2003, smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) had the unenviable distinction of being the first native marine fish listed under the…

A population of non-native aggressive, air-breathing fish known as the goldline snakehead (Channa aurolineata) was documented for the first time…

The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on…

When Florida Museum ichthyology collection manager Rob Robins brought home fish samples from central Florida in 2017, he didn’t anticipate…

Carter Rowell Gilbert, former curator emeritus of ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, passed away peacefully earlier this…

An international team of scientists has identified at least 11 species of fish suspected to have land-walking abilities. The findings…

Lawrence Page, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of fishes, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to document…

Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater fish that has been swimming in…