Teachers receive fossils, create lesson plans at museum workshop
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers and amateur paleontologists teamed up to give K-12 teachers a crash course that came…
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NSF grant will improve digital access to museum vertebrate fossils
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently received a $500,000 collections grant from the National Science Foundation to improve online…
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Florida Museum doctoral student receives NSF graduate fellowship
Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral student Rachel Narducci was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Narducci,…
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Austin, Bullen 2018 student research award winners named
The Florida Museum of Natural History recently announced the winners of the 2018 Austin Award and Bullen Award for student…
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Turtle shells help decode complex links between modern, fossil species
Imagine that Labradors and golden retrievers died out a million years ago, leaving only fossilized skeletons behind. Without the help…
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Becoming Visible: Michelle Barboza
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…
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Odd couple: Florida mouse, gopher tortoise have been rooming for centuries
The Florida mouse and gopher tortoise have been in a serious relationship for thousands of years. Theirs is a commensal…
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Calling aspiring fossil hunters: Levy County excavation opens to volunteers Oct. 5
Volunteers can channel their inner paleontologist by digging alongside museum scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Montbrook fossil…
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Five Facts: Fossil shark teeth in Florida
Whether you’re a casual seeker or a passionate paleontologist, living in Florida puts a treasure trove of fossil shark teeth…
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World’s biggest shark goes to school, thanks to 3-D printing
University of Florida researchers are taking down the Plexiglas walls between museum collections and K-12 classrooms with an educational program…
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