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Exciting news! We are thrilled to share that the Florida Museum of Natural History plans to begin its expansion and renovation project. This much-needed makeover will modernize the museum’s façade, create a new state-of-the-art exhibition, refresh our existing exhibits, and expand the collector’s sh
How else can I support the Museum during the closure?
During the 1800s, the world was going through transformations steered by war, invention, scientific innovation and the discovery of new land. The time period saw the collapse of some empires and the rise of others, from the British and Japanese to the booming United States of America. The Industrial
least 137 introductions of non-native amphibians and reptiles, more than anywhere else
Scientists sometimes use enzymes and dyes to study animal anatomy and compare relationships among species. Today they also use techniques such as DNA studies and micro-CT scanning, which do not alter or damage unique specimens. Summary Cleared and Stained Salamander (Aneides lugubris) From Mari
been treated with chemicals to turn their bones red, cartilage blue and everything else
Today was the big day, the 450th Anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine! While the focus of our research has been on the 1677-1728 church and convento at Mission Nombre de Dios, these excavations were also part of a public archaeology program in association with the 450th. Celebrations star
A big thank you to Eric Johnson and everyone else at Nombre de Dios, my intrepid
Holbrook Travel & Expedition Travel present Madagascar: Mantadia Reserves, Ranomafana National Park & Beyond July 20 – August 5, 2015 Led by Dr. Thomas Emmel, Founding Director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Enrollment deadline April 16, 2015 Madagascar is a L
garden of riches, filled with a diversity of life and scenery unequaled anywhere else
Horseshoe Crab blood contains amebocyte cells, which envelop bacteria and prevent them from proliferating. Blood samples from 500,000 crabs are gathered each year to make blood tests that detect bacterial toxins. Summary Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) From Cape May Co., New Jersey, Sept. 2
Horseshoe Crabs are like nothing else on Earth.
Staff in the Ichthyology Division have contributed to several important field guides in the study of North American freshwater fishes. Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida (2018) Available from University of Florida Press Florida’s fresh waters are inhabited by 222 species of fishes in 48 fa
Included in this diverse mix of species are three found nowhere else (Seminole Killifish
DNA can unite species that were thought to be different. Scientists believed these Sea Stars to be two different species when first discovered. Further studies of their DNA revealed that they were actually different life stages of the same animal. Summary Cryptic Sea Stars Adult Sea Star (Cho
So some people decided that maybe there’s something else going on here and these
The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. Later transferred to the new University of Florida, this early collection of about 5,000 specimens documents Florida flora from the 1890s and early 1900s. Summary Chinquapin (Castanea pumi
was a professor of natural science, entomology, botany and just about anything else
The McGuire Center was privileged to host visiting researchers in October and November 2023, through the Mr. Carl Wisler and Dr. Midge Smith Visiting Researcher Endowment. Roy Goff traveled from his home base in England to photograph several hundred species of Sub-Saharan African moths in our colle
identified specimens of species not already represented on the website or anywhere else
