The collections and assistance in research are available for scholars both in and outside of the University of Florida. Consequently, a number of undergraduate and graduate students work on individual projects using the collections. Some of these studies are the basis of honors theses, Masters these
Emery (Florida Museum) Email: kmcdaniel@ufl.edu My research area is in the Lower Amazon
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
Although she was in the Amazon working with indigenous communities to purchase and
Lawrence Page, Florida Museum of Natural History curator of fishes, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to document Thailand’s rich diversity of freshwater fish. The Fulbright Program was established in 1946 under legislation introduced by former Arkansas Sen. J. William Fulbright
“Southeast Asia is probably second only to the Amazon in terms of fish diversity,
Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 feet long and 3 feet wide, this snake was the top predator in the world’s first tropical rainforest. It was also the largest known predator on the planet between the extinction of dinosaurs 65 milli
History Additional Information Read: At 45 feet long, ‘Titanoboa’ snake ruled the Amazon
T he National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide, making them available online to researchers, educators and community scientists around the world. For the past decade, iDigBio, a collaborative
The Doris longwing butterfly, Heliconius doris, lives in Central America and the Amazon
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for the Florida Museum of Natural History’s first silent disco! This Discovery Nights fundraiser will be held Sept. 30 from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. to support student research, internships and fieldwork opportunities. At silent discos, guest
Museum to support graduate student research in the field, including on birds in the Amazon
Selected Sawfish References Adams, W. F. and Wilson, C. R. The status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata Latham 1794 (Rajiformes: Pristidae) in the United States. Unpublished manuscript. MS. Wilmington, N.C, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Baughman, J. L. 1943. Notes on sawfish Pristis p
Occurrence of the sawfish, Pristis perotteti, in the Amazon River, with notes on
Riley Gott began his doctoral studies in August 2022 studying the taxonomy and systematics of the primarily Neotropical butterfly genera Dalla, Ladda, and Piruna (family Hesperiidae), under a joint graduate assistantship from the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and the Entomology and
Immature stages of Ebusus ebusus ebusus (Cramer, 1780) in the Peruvian Amazon (Lepidoptera
Monica Shippritt – PCP PIRE Volunteer I am a first-year biology student at the University of Panama. I am also a volunteer in with the PCP PIRE project. I am part of the PCP PIRE because I am interesed in learning more about the different techniques used in paleontology so I can use them in the fut
as part of a Science Major’s study abroad trip to the Galapagos, Quito, and the Amazon
Systematics and evolution of Ithomiini Background The nymphalid butterfly tribe Ithomiini (ithomiines) is one of the best studied groups of Lepidoptera, and has served as a model in research on biogeography, chemical ecology and evolution. The tribe is exclusively neotropical, containing approxima
shaping community structure (Elias et al., 2008, 2009).Our data in the lowland Amazon
