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With the goal of promoting life-long learning, University of Florida researchers will use a four-year, $1.97 million National Science Foundation grant to create a nationwide network of amateur and professional paleontologists. Fossil clubs across the country function independently and do not
experiences with digital scientific artifacts, said Kent
Historic Research Projects The UF Herbarium has a long history of research studies in diverse projects spanning traditional morphological plant systematics, floristics, plant anatomy, molecular analysis and pollination ecology. Many of the publications born from these projects are documented in our
Kent D. Perkins. (Mellon Foundation, 2011-2014).
Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The herbarium, also known by the acronym FLAS, is the oldest and largest plant collection in the state and among the largest Neotrop
collaborators from the University of Indiana and Kent
In late 1891, Peter Henry Rolfs began collecting specimens of wild plants in Florida, essentially marking the formation of the University of Florida Herbarium. The University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) contains about a half million specimens, including about 350,000 vascular plants, 70,000 bryophy
In 1976, Kent P.
Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was 44 years old. Mestaoui’s interactive, grand-scale outdoor projections highlighted the connections between all living things, and the Paris-based artist was per
Mestaoui helps University of Florida President Kent
The UF campus has an incredibly diverse collection of native and cultivated plants growing on its over 2,000 acres. Specimens to document the campus plant life have been preserved in the Herbarium since the 1920s. We are databasing and imaging these legacy specimens and purposefully enriching those
Lange and Kent D.
The Department of Natural History had an outstanding year in 2015-2016 with 27 faculty overseeing about $65M in total external grant support for research and collection activities, including 59 new grants this fiscal year totaling $8.3M! This per-capita funding rate is extremely high, even for a res
09/30/2017 $1,440,431 Austin Hendy, Shari Ellis, Kent
An hour after sunrise, Andrew Kratter stands in the dew-soaked grass of an East Gainesville graveyard, watching the sky for what looks like a bowling pin with wings – the common loon, Gavia immer. Kratter, manager of the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ornithology collection, has scouted for
Birder and Florida Museum volunteer Adam Kent watches
Scientists publish scientific plant names to recognize new entities such as species, subspecies, varieties and forms. A nomenclatural type specimen is a herbarium sheet(s) or illustration to which the name of a taxon (species, genus, subspecies, variety, etc.) is permanently assigned. The name may
Annotation of Type Specimens: Recommendations,” by Kent
Wow! Looking back at 2021 is quite an adventure. This year brought some challenges, but we also saw some pretty exciting things here at the Florida Museum. We have so much gratitude for our supporters and friends, visitors, staff and online fans for making this year so amazing! Join us in a quick
Photo courtesy of Charles O’Connor Before retiring, Kent
