The Florida Museum of Natural History, located at the University of Florida, inspires people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world and make a positive difference in its future.
Decoration is most commonly underglaze hand painting, in a dark (sometimes almost
The Florida Museum’s Paleobotany Collection includes about 250,000 specimens, ranging from the Proterozoic to the Pleistocene.* It is international in scope, with collections from more than 50 countries. The strengths are Cretaceous to Eocene of the U.S. western interior, Cretaceous and Eocene of s
slide preparations of fossil woods, leaf cuticles and pollen/spores, as well as hand
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Action of the Week: Try Your Hand at Nature Photography Dec 11, 2024 Nature photography
Bats, as the main predator of night-flying insects, create a selective pressure that has led many of their prey to evolve an early warning system of sorts: ears uniquely tuned to high-frequency bat echolocation. To date, scientists have found at least six orders of insects – including moths, beetles
Gough and the other researchers used a combination of hand nets, light traps and
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Action of the Week: Try Your Hand at Nature Photography Dec 11, 2024 Nature photography
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Oct 25, 2020 I’ve been called eccentric for sticking my hand blindly into tree holes
What’s going on? With over 55 species of cockroach in the United States, it can be difficult to tell them apart. You might have come across a cockroach-looking insect and thought, “palmetto bug!” Palmetto bug is a regional term used in the Southern United States to refer to cockroaches or
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Components of the passionflower are complete! It will be assembled just prior to installation in May/June. We have completed two giant flower buds and are now working on the Zebra Longwing caterpillars. The caterpillars are taking shape! Exhibit fabricator Barb Ornstein is needle-felting each cat
Exhibit fabricator Barb Ornstein is needle-felting each caterpillar by hand.
For the last two years, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Museum in the Parks program brought children and families to local state parks for in-person exploration, learning and hands-on fun. They got to meet scientists, explore green spaces and check out rare artifacts from the museum’s collec
press, the bags also include a butterfly net, bug enclosure, bug lens, clipboard, hand
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worth of butterflies and moths May 21, 2018 As a 4-year-old, butterfly net in hand
