Welcome to the Florida Museum blog, a source for news from around the Museum, as well as content curated from other Museum blogs.
We celebrate the extant and extinct species of Florida and the world. We also look at the behind-the-scenes challenges and excitement of life in a museum and research institution.
We think science is pretty cool. And we want to inspire everyone else to get as excited about it as we are.
The Artist & the Scientist: Ray and Kirk dig Florida
There is an indelible connection between storytelling and wanderlust. The person who asks the questions and goes searching for answers…
Creative Outreach: TreeTender at Dragon Con
In many circles, Dragon Con is legendary. Held every year in Atlanta, Dragon Con is a fandom epicenter where people…
Cattle DNA: Nicolas and the NSF podcast
Using ancient DNA, researchers determined cattle were imported from Africa to the Americas much earlier in the process of European…
Protecting rare butterflies of Florida’s pine flats and prairies
The Loammi skipper (Atrytonopsis loammi) is a small, wedge-shaped butterfly with stubby antennas and bulbous black eyes in a fuzzy…
Changing Seas and digitizing shell collections
Collecting seashells on the beach is a wildly popular hobby here in Florida. Beyond the sometimes exquisite beauty of these…
Jellyfish and sea turtles with TED-Ed and Mariela Pajuelo
Are there too many jellyfish in the oceans lately? What’s going on and how can we fix this? TED-Ed talked…