Join the Florida Museum of Natural History to witness one of the world’s most awe-inspiring events. Follow the hoof prints of zebra, wildebeest and other ungulates on their migration from the Serengeti to Masai Mara Reserve! Holbrook Travel & the Florida Museum present: Tanzania Safari Sep
is famous for its abundant wildlife — particularly the “big five” game of lion, leopard
Browse our list of species profiles of fish, sharks, rays, sawfish, seahorses, and more. Search and sort the list by scientific name, common name, or family below. Follow the links to profiles on each of the fishes with full information and pictures.
Scyliorhinidae Poroderma africanum striped catshark Scyliorhinidae Poroderma pantherinum leopard
Have you ever been through the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Butterfly Rainforest exhibit, mesmerized by the hundreds of beautiful creatures whizzing by and wondered, how do they get all these butterflies and moths in here? The Florida Museum partners with sustainable butterfly farms around
Leopard lacewing (Cethosia cyane).
Pond cypress and bald cypress are the two species of cypress trees found in the Everglades. Two species of cypress reside within the Everglades, the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and the pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens). These trees were harvested during the early to mid 1900s. The dur
Fish and Wildlife Service Leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala).
Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night – or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated. A new Florida Museum of Natural History study offers the first comprehensive overview of the surprisingly complex question of when butterflies and moths are act
Florida Museum photo by Andrei Sourakov Native to the Americas, the great leopard
iDigBio, the National Science Foundation-sponsored project to help digitize the nation’s natural history collections, now houses more than 100 million specimen records in its online database, offering access to one of the largest virtual collections of life on Earth. Natural history collections w
From tracing the spread of invasive lionfish worldwide to examining an outlier leopard
Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier Tiger sharks are named for their distinctive color pattern. The body is gray with dark gray vertical bars or spots on the flanks with a pale or white underside. The markings are especially distinctive in juveniles but diminish with age. Tiger sharks are among th
Jarjur, Jarjur knaza Creole: Requin tigre Dutch: Tijgerhaai English: Tiger shark, leopard
At the Florida Museum’s Butterfly Rainforest exhibit, more than butterflies fly by. Time flies by here, too. This year, the Museum’s most popular exhibit turned 20! The Butterfly Rainforest opened in August 2004. Today, visitors of all ages enjoy experiencing the exhibit and its lush landscape,
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Leopard lacewing butterflies, Cethosia cyane
Spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus narinari These rays have a very wide diamond-shaped pectoral disc that can reach over 9 feet wide, and is a dramatic dark color scattered with light spots or rings. It can grow to over 8 feet long, and when including the incredibly long whip-like tail, it has been
spotted eagle ray, bishop ray, bonnet skate, duckbill ray, eagle ray, lady ray, leopard
Adams, D. H., Mitchell, M. E., and G. R. Parsons. 1994. Seasonal occurrence of the white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in waters off the Florida west coast, with notes on its life history. Mar. Fish. Rev. 56:24-28. Antezana, T. 1977. Tiburón gigante inofensivo capturado en Chile. Museo Nacional
Observations on the food habits of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) and brown
