Museum volunteers discover new species of extinct heron at North Florida fossil site
When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by…
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In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher
University of Florida Ph.D. student Gregory Jongsma has been obsessed with Africa’s wildlife since his childhood. Not the animals you…
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Florida Invasive Species: Clown Knifefish
The clown knifefish, Chitala ornata, is native to Indochina, but has been found in South Florida starting in the 1990s….
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Rain & Loaches in Thailand
Collecting in the field can run the gamut from spending a beautiful day walking along a pristine river to being…
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News: Saber-Tooth Cat Skull Find in Montbrook
A volunteer at our Montbrook dig site unearthed what appears to be a 5-million-year- old saber-tooth cat skull. Volunteer Bill…
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Philodoria & Science with Chris Johns
Scientist Bio: Chris A. Johns Eventually, Chris Johns hopes to slow down and spend his retirement surfing and hanging out,…
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A new age for exploring the uncharted deep sea
Imagine looking down on where you live from 20,000 feet above. Now imagine 95 percent of what’s below has never…
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Thomas Farm: a prehistoric treasure
Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric…
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Introducing K-12 teachers to our Panama fieldwork
Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum…
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9,700 acres tell stories of Florida’s past
It was home to Native Americans as early as 12,000 B.C., then settlers during the Civil War. Its pine trees…
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