Celebrate spiders! Our seventh annual run is the Ta-RUN-tula 5K to get all of your legs moving and invite you in to our new special exhibit, Spiders Alive! The race will be a combination of nature trails and quiet roads here on the UF campus. This is a fun run, so go at your own pace. We won’t be r
After signing up Send the race coordinator a link/screen shot of your GPS watch,
Join Florida Museum Director Doug Jones along with Alex Cobb and Fred Rowe of the University of Florida Foundation for a virtual happy hour discussion on building a meaningful legacy. You’ll learn: Strategies for charitable gift planning. Information on what the CARES Act means for you and
RSVP to rsvp@flmnh.ufl.edu Zoom link will be emailed the week of the event.
2024 Family Discovery Camps have been completed. Stay tuned for more information on camps in 2025. Explore Florida’s natural world with scientists and Museum staff in this outdoor experience for the whole family. Discover how scientists work in the field and learn how to use the tools of science y
Thursday before each camp. 2024 Sessions Hours Non-Members* Members* Registration Link
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to the B
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for FREE virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
Protocols for Georeferencing the Specimens The Symbiota bryophyte portal and lichen portal will be used to georeference the specimens. There is a flash tutorial on the Symbiota web site which provides a general description of how to use the georeferencing tools within the portals. The tutorial de
Georeferencing Workflow Overview Use the Batch Georeference Specimens link in the
The University of Florida Herbarium applies donations to fund student, staff, and faculty research in plant systematics, and to help grow and diversify the herbarium. Past and current donations have helped to fund and train students on mounting historic plant specimens as well as trips to collect sp
Link to donate directly to the Herbarium Fund Contact Info University of Florida
Go behind-the-scenes and discover how cool it is to work in a museum! In partnership with the UF Creative B program, join the Florida Museum for FREE virtual trivia Thursday evenings July 9 though Aug. 13 via Zoom. Plus, the first, second and third place winners each week will win 2 tickets to
How to Play: Sign up for the Zoom webinar Upon registering, you will receive a link
Creating my own content for the Institute’s social media channels exposed me to a completely new side of the state.
Science communication is a wonderful medium to link people to the world around them
Last week, I was about to go to work, when I spotted a drama unfolding on my window: a green anole had captured a sphinx moth. Of course, I had to stop and investigate. Moth predation by anoles is not something worth blogging about in its own right, but this sphinx moth was the size of the anole’s
There is a detailed page about green anoles (link below): ADW: Anolis carolinensis
