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A new study on louse evolution shows the parasite’s genetic structure differs based on geographic region, information essential for developing more effective insecticides. Hundreds of millions of head louse infestations affect children worldwide every year and numbers continue to rise, partly
genomic-wide diversity of lice, said molecular anthropologist Drew Kitchen, an assistant professor

Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum scientists and K-12 educators recently made the same trek to dig up the past. A new $350,000 National Science Foundation grant is engaging Florida Museum of Natural History
MacFadden, Florida Museum vertebrate paleontology curator and UF distinguished professor

“Into Africa� rather than “Out of Africa� could well be the better description of how certain mammals originated and spread across the world, according to a Florida Museum of Natural History scientist, who has found the first evidence for origins in North America of a mammal group thought to be ende
belongs.� The paper’s other authors are graduate student Tonya Penkrot and professor

The collapse of honeybee colonies across North America is focusing attention on the honeybees‘ vital role in the survival of agricultural crops, and a new study by Florida Museum and Indiana University Southeast researchers shows insect pollinators have likely played a key role in the evolution and
in the evolution of flowering plants,” said David Dilcher, a graduate research professor

The third annual Black in Natural History Museums week will take place Oct 15-21 with online and in-person events that highlight the past and present contributions of Black people to natural history museums. This year, the week’s program offers an exploration of the varied career paths within nat
Buckner, the group’s vice president of communications and an assistant professor

Natural history collections contain information needed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disease outbreaks that could turn into a pandemic — but they are an underused resource. Dozens of collections and other experts gathered last year to analyze how to change that and their findings were rece
Deborah Paul and Pamela Soltis, a distinguished professor and curator at the Florida

Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them — the bad news is that you wouldn’t want to. While Tuber brennemanii and Tuber floridanum are edible “trueâ€� truffles, in the same genus as the fragrant unde
will likely discourage people from eating them, said Matthew Smith, an associate professor

Dragons are everywhere. Rachel Keeffe knows this. She recently talked to UF News about dragons on the Game of Thrones series. If dragons could exist, what would they look like? How and where would they thrive? Rachel is currently a herpetology Ph.D. student at the Florida Museum/UF departm
Since many included reptile and amphibian references, she consulted a previous professor

A new book by a Florida Museum researcher challenges traditional theories about the exchange of prehistoric pottery and its value among ancient peoples in north Florida and southern Georgia. “The Swift Creek Gift: Vessel Exchange on the Atlantic Coast� by Neill Wallis, an assistant curator of arc
prehistoric pottery in eastern North America, said Thomas Pluckhahn, an associate professor

Three grants from the National Science Foundation will support new discoveries at the University of Florida Herbarium, housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The herbarium, also known by the acronym FLAS, is the oldest and largest plant collection in the state and among the largest Neotrop
principal investigator, and co-principal investigators Cellinese and Walter Judd, professor