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Reading Nevling, Lorin I., Jr. 1973. Report of the committee for recommendations in desirable procedures in herbarium practice and ethics, II. Brittonia 25(3): 307-310. Loans from FLAS Loans from FLAS Policies Destructive Sampling Policies Photograph Agreement Step-by-step R
Choose specimens to be sent (leave some behind for id use). Repair.
Florida has one of the richest fossil records, both invertebrate and vertebrate (and to a much lesser degree botanical), of any place in the World. With such a wealth of paleontological resources available to collectors, it is not surprising that numerous clubs have been organized around the state t
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The Oliver L. Austin Jr. Award For Graduate Student Excellence in Natural Science Research honors long-time Florida Museum of Natural History curator of ornithology, Oliver Austin. The award recognizes a University of Florida graduate student for excellence in research in the natural sciences. Th
Nominations should be sent to the chair of the University Teaching Committee.
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
Darwin may have sent it to zoologist Louis Agassiz in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where
The International Shark Attack File (est. 1958) is the only scientifically-generated database that documents and monitors shark bites globally. ISAF data access is heavily regulated to maintain the integrity of the data and protect victims and their families according to state and federal privacy la
Review processing times vary, but decisions should be sent within a month of submission
Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as albanerpetontids provide the oldest evidence of a slingshot-style tongue, a new Science study shows. Despite having lizardlike claws, scales and tails, albanerpetontids – mercifully called “albies” for short – were amphibians, not reptiles. Their li
Per Daza’s recommendation, Peretti sent the collection to the University of Texas
Native to tropical Asia, the Air Potato thrives in Florida due to the warm climate – it can grow 8 inches a day! These plants grow thick and block sunlight to other plants, and so must be removed and destroyed to prevent native habitat destruction. Summary Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) Colle
Department of Agriculture sent a sample of air potato for assessment as an ornamental
After 2 years of virtual races, the Florida Museum’s sixth annual 5K was back in-person, with an option to stay virtual for our out-of-town racers. Fantastic Fossils 5K was a fun run held March 26 that started and ended in front of the Florida Museum. With campus construction and a flooded boardw
Florida Museum photo by Amy Hester Swag packets ready to be sent to the 75 virtual
The University of Florida Herbarium is a museum collection of historic importance with specimens dating back into the mid-1800’s. Collection access is managed to preserve the fragile specimens and the integrity of the collection. Arranging a Visit Visitors wishing to use a collection should cont
must be received from the administrator of your herbarium before material will be sent
Nestled snugly at the end of Dickinson Hall’s west wing, in a room with bleached concrete floors, bleached counters and bleached walls, an ornithologist grinds the 2,000-year-old liquid-nitrogen drenched bones of a fossil rail—a type of bird—with a porcelain mortar and pestle until they yield a powd
A few lice were plucked and sent to Florida Museum assistant curator of mammalogy
