$2.5 million NSF grant to fund online butterfly family tree, field guide
Butterflies have been objects of scientific research for hundreds of years, but information about the popular insects is scattered across…
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New NSF project aims to help scientists navigate the tree of life
A new University of Florida and Duke University collaboration aims to do for the tree of life what Google Earth…
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iDigBio effort awarded $7.5 million to digitize biodiversity collections
The National Science Foundation has awarded six grants totaling about $7.5 million to digitize biodiversity collections, a nationwide effort coordinated…
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Museum researcher wins NSF grant to study rare Hawaiian moths
A Florida Museum of Natural History researcher has received $150,000 from the National Science Foundation to study endangered moth species…
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UF receives $1.97 million NSF grant to develop paleontology network
With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation…
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Researchers receive $450,000 NSF grant to classify butterfly group
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have received a three-year, $458,104 National Science Foundation grant to research a common, but…
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Museum receives $24,000 from Disney to support sawfish conservation
Researchers at the Florida Museum recently received $24,000 from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to continue studying the endangered smalltooth…
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Museum receives $339,000 to digitize invertebrate collections
Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology researchers recently received a National Science Foundation grant to further digitize the department’s…
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Museum researcher receives $24,000 to study hawkmoth relationships
A Florida Museum of Natural History lepidopterist recently received $24,000 to research the evolutionary relationships of an agricultural pest known…
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Museum receives $455,000 grant to curate, digitize vertebrate fossils
A new National Science Foundation grant allows scientists to prepare vertebrate paleontology specimens at the Florida Museum of Natural History,…
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