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Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800 352-273-1965 srobinson@flmnh.ufl.edu Program Ordway Lab of Ecosystem Conservation Other Affiliations UF Biology UF School of Resources and the Natural Environment Education Ph.D
them Birds native to the tropical Andes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else
Holbrook Travel & the Florida Museum present Expedition to the Galápagos Islands Dec. 2-12, 2019 Led by Dr. David W. Steadman, Curator of Ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History Hovering over the equator, 600 miles from the coast of Ecuador, the Galápagos is a world within
Nearly all creatures that inhabit these islands are found nowhere else on earth and
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
2023 Birds native to the tropical Andes, many of which cannot be found anywhere else
More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida’s Gulf Coast to bond over oysters, likely as a means of coping with climate change and social upheaval. Archaeologists’ analysis of present-day Roberts Island, about 50 miles north of
included deer and other large animals, the menu dwindled to oysters and little else
Julie Allen, an evolutionary biologist in UF’s department of biology, describes her research on the Red Colobus monkey in Uganda, an area with an unprecedented number of species of primates. Julie used genetics to understand how long this population has lived in this forest, and give clues to how l
species of monkeys in this forest and that’s essentially unprecedented anywhere else
Research Opportunities Our lab currently has openings for the following positions: Graduate Students I am always looking for good students to become part of our research team. I seek highly motivated students that take their research interests seriously. I believe an integrative research approach
Students should be highly motivated , organized, and above all else excited to learn
A majority of Florida snakes are harmless. Of the 50 established species found in Florida, only 6 species are venomous. You may be able to safely feed squirrels in a city park, but if you grab one of the squirrels, chances are it will bite and scratch you out of fear. Most people would not condemn
So if you or someone else is bitten by a venomous snake, seek immediate attention
Birds of a feather don’t always flock together: Peer into a forest canopy, and you will likely spot multiple bird species flying and feeding together, a phenomenon most spectacular in the Amazon where 50 species may travel as a unit. But are birds in these mixed flocks cooperating with one another o
“If they stop, everybody else is on edge.
Congratulations to our photographer Kristen Grace for placing in the 2022 Faces of Biology Photo Contest! The competition showcases biological research in its many forms and settings and is sponsored by the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Society for Integrative and Compara
Museum’s activities, from fieldwork to staff portraits to public events—and anything else
In 1565, more than fifty years before the English landed at Jamestown, Pedro Menéndez de Aviles established the first successful European colony in the United States at St. Augustine, Florida. Archaeologists and historians have been searching for the site of that first settlement since early in the
It was that tradition as much as anything else that led to the discoveries at the
