iDigBio receives $15.5 million grant to digitize collections
Fossil primates, ancient mollusks and exotic butterflies will soon be coming to your home—as long as you have a personal…
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Newly discovered snake species could aid conservation efforts
They seem similar at first glance, but it turns out the indigo snakes found on Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts…
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Bringing hobbits to Gainesville
Whether they are flowering in a field, preserved in the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium or used to make…
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Two former archaeology curators receive lifetime achievement awards
Florida Museum of Natural History curators emeritus Kathleen Deagan and Jerald Milanich were recently honored with 2015 lifetime achievement awards…
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Florida Museum, UF get $1.2 million grant for youth STEM education
There is new hope for kids who spend their free time digging in their backyards in search of dinosaur bones,…
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Museum reaches 500,000 digitized mollusks online, largest worldwide
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently surpassed half a million cataloged mollusk specimen records in its online database, making…
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What lies within
Encased in hard rock, the bones of many fossilized mammals are only partially visible for scientists to study. A poor…
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