Online Collection Database The >700K specimen lots (2023) available digitally through the online database represent >95% of our collection. Sampled are cataloged with phylum-specific catalog numbers. Specimens from recent surveys are frequently accompanied by tissue samples and images. Tissue
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Specimens in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Ichthyology are collected, fixed, preserved, accessioned, and maintained according to prevailing international collection standards. Collection Fishes for deposit in the division are collected in accordance with all applicable la
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Over 1,000 different species of vertebrate animals are known to have lived in Florida over the past 35 million years. Florida has the richest fossil record of vertebrate animals of the eastern United States. This website is designed to provide basic information about each of these species, images o
When possible, the references will include links to online versions of the papers
It’s always lovely to change over to a new year. The DE team started with some mini sessions of department time to reflect on what we worked on in 2023, breaking down our wins and challenges. We then looked ahead at the upcoming year, identifying our internal goals, scheduling anticipated Museum pro
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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
from these projects are documented in our herbarium library catalog (specialized links
The Florida Museum Fish Collection contains more than 236,000 catalogued lots (approximately 2,450,650 specimens), representing more than 9,000 species. In addition, there is an unsorted backlog of about 12,000 lots (about 120,000 specimens). Most of the uncatalogued and backlog material was acquir
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Whether you love them or fear them, this Children’s Book Meetup is sure to help you understand a little bit more about one of the ocean’s most well-known predators – sharks! On Saturday, December 5, 2020 the Florida Museum and the Alachua County Library District (ACLD) met to talk all things sharks
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The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed archaeologist Michelle LeFebvre as assistant curator of the South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography Program. LeFebvre’s work explores how humans have interacted with their environment over long periods of time, with a focus on the Indigenous p
One notable example is ZooArchNet, an open-access data platform that links records
Current Faculty and Staff Dr. Kitty F. Emery Curator E-mail: kemery@floridamuseum.ufl.edu Dr. Kitty F. Emery is the curator responsible for the Environmental Archaeology Program. Emery is an environmental archaeologist who specializes in ancient Mesoamerican peoples and environments. Her researc
Her research links archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological, and geoarchaeological data
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (MGCL) houses the Lepidoptera researchers and collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), a college-level unit of the University of Florida. The collections are some of the most com
Butterflies of Southeastern Sulawesi Ithomiini Immature Stages Checklist of Ithomiini Links
