What are Florida’s invaders?
Florida’s warm, wet climate makes the state a prime environment for new species to move in and thrive. And because…
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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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Five Facts: Barnacles
Barnacles Scientific name: Cirripedia (Infraorder) 1: Barnacles are crustaceans. Although they were once thought to be related to snails, it…
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Five Facts: Air potatoes in Florida
Air potatoes in Florida Scientific name: Dioscorea bulbifera This vine can be found in nearly every county in Florida. 1:…
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What is a Herbarium?
Many folks seem to be under the mistaken impression that a herbarium is a place where herbs are grown. Actually,…
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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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Jawfish, bandfish and systematist William Smith-Vaniz
Our ichthyology Research Associate William Smith-Vaniz has described a new species of jawfish, Opistognathus ensiferus, in a paper published in Zootaxa…
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Florida fishes book features live photos
Freshwater fishes in Florida are getting a close-up 60 years in the making. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologists have…
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iDigBio: Why Digitize
Recently iDigBio produced a video discussing digitization of collections, featuring the Florida Museum collections and scientists to illustrate a common…
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Worker bees behind the scenes
As a vegan and animal lover, lab technician Samantha Epstein had always envisioned a future working with wildlife. “I definitely…
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