A butterfly in hiding takes wing on social media
Thanks to social media and museum collections, a butterfly species was recognized in 2011 after more than 50 years of…
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‘Dinosaurs of the turtle world’ at risk in Southeast rivers
Conservation of coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico is vital to the survival of the alligator snapping turtle,…
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97,000 newly acquired artifacts tell story of America’s Spanish past
Early in the 1930s, a gardener discovered a skull while planting an orange tree at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological…
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ISAF reports fewer shark attacks in 2013, above-average fatalities worldwide
The world experienced the lowest number of shark attacks since 2009, although fatalities in 2013 were above average, according to…
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Program inspires teachers to seek new horizons in science
From a fossil museum curated by students to a garden used for experimentation, an innovative program that exposes educators to…
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Seashell loss due to tourism may have global impact
Tourism may be damaging the very destinations treasured by visitors. Global tourism has increased fourfold over the last 30 years,…
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St. Augustine: First Colony
Florida Museum of Natural History Distinguished Research Curator Kathleen Deagan discusses research at St. Augustine, FL, where she has worked…
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Some plants may not adapt quickly to future climate change
Using the largest dated evolutionary tree of flowering plants ever assembled, a new study suggests how plants developed traits to…
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Remarkable new true crab-like hermit discovered
There are countless known species on the planet, but a new hermit crab found by a University of Florida researcher…
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New plant genome study may offer clues to improving all major food crops
University of Florida researchers and their colleagues have sequenced the genome of the flowering plant Amborella for the first time,…
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