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from the Florida Museum of Natural History
tropical Andes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else
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from the Florida Museum of Natural History
tropical Andes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else
Julie Allen, an evolutionary biologist in UF’s department of biology, describes her research on the Red Colobus monkey in Uganda, an area with an unprecedented number of species of primates. Julie used genetics to understand how long this population has lived in this forest, and give clues to how l
forest and that’s essentially unprecedented anywhere else
A majority of Florida snakes are harmless. Of the 50 established species found in Florida, only 6 species are venomous. You may be able to safely feed squirrels in a city park, but if you grab one of the squirrels, chances are it will bite and scratch you out of fear. Most people would not condemn
So if you or someone else is bitten by a venomous snake
Congratulations to our photographer Kristen Grace for placing in the 2022 Faces of Biology Photo Contest! The competition showcases biological research in its many forms and settings and is sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Society for Integrative and Compara
to staff portraits to public events—and anything else
Staff in the Ichthyology Division have contributed to several important field guides in the study of North American freshwater fishes. Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida (2018) Available from University of Florida Press Florida’s fresh waters are inhabited by 222 species of fishes in 48 fa
this diverse mix of species are three found nowhere else
During the 1800s, the world was going through transformations steered by war, invention, scientific innovation and the discovery of new land. The time period saw the collapse of some empires and the rise of others, from the British and Japanese to the booming United States of America. The Industrial
non-native amphibians and reptiles, more than anywhere else
The McGuire Center was privileged to host visiting researchers in October and November 2023, through the Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith Visiting Researcher Endowment. Roy Goff traveled from his home base in England to photograph several hundred species of Sub-Saharan African moths in our colle
not already represented on the website or anywhere else
Free Admission Be immersed in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s collections with a look at 14 high-resolution photographs that showcase rare museum objects not often in public view. Their stories inspire and inform about the state of our natural world, touching on topics like invasive species
has more than 200 plant species that exist nowhere else
Pam and Doug Soltis, distinguished professors with the Florida Museum of Natural History, discuss how sequencing the genome of one critical flowering plant can be used as a tool to develop new pharmaceuticals and improve crop plants. The Soltises are currently analyzing the genome of Amborella, uni
proportion of the plants that occur there occur nowhere else
Quality control for specimen data, image acquisition and data handling is essential for the success of this project. Barcoding Images are named based on the barcode on the specimen and specimens data are linked via the barcode number, which is the same as our catalog number. If a specimen is incor
The best way to double check is to have someone else