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In 1947, a small package containing an unknown plant specimen arrived at the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium. For 37 years, the thorny stem and leaves sat pressed between pages of a yellowed newspaper, filed in a cabinet among the vast library of Florida plants, until University of Flori
Its sand hills are home to many plants and animals found nowhere else.

The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to map the genomes of all 1.8 million known species of plants, animals, fungi and other eukaryotic life on Earth, is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full scale production sequencing. Pamela Soltis, a plant biologist at the Fl
It’s something else entirely to develop these same sorts of collaborations on a global

The migration of mature female tiger sharks during late summer and fall to the main Hawaiian Islands, presumably to give birth, could provide insight into attacks in that area, according to a University of Florida scientist. In a new seven-year study, researchers from the Florida Museum of Na
the animals in a population getting up at a certain time and migrating somewhere else

Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was 44 years old. Mestaoui’s interactive, grand-scale outdoor projections highlighted the connections between all living things, and the Paris-based artist was per
Like everything else in her view about connectivity, those were not different viewpoints

More than 300 years ago, the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto set out from Spanish Florida on an expedition to explore North America. Archaeologists have long debated the exact path he took and what occurred during his journey along the ‘De Soto Trail,’ but at least one point is undisputed: de
pottery sherd that your ancestor put in the ground 300 years ago…that’s something else

1. Daily Follow-up to Mounting Do a final check on the specimen conditions and have specimens repaired that are not mounted well. Make sure each specimen is secure and has a packet. Provide feedback to the mounters. Pencil the family number on the upper right of each sheet’s label or just ab
If the material is redundant, determine which to cull for exchange, else organize

Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories long dismissed as myths. But a new study suggests Columbus may have been telling the truth. Using the equivalent of facial recognition technology,
Museum photo by William Keegan “Why was this pottery so different from everything else

In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in 1882 for
answer these questions in any other group because these traits don’t exist anywhere else

When it comes to public access, the tree of life has holes. A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers shows about 70 percent of published genetic sequence comparisons are not publicly accessible, leaving researchers worldwide unable to get to critical data they may need to
an alignment that I do is not going to be the same as an alignment that somebody else

Kudzu is one of the best-known weeds in the U.S. Some consider it the poster child of invasive plants – “the vine that ate the South!” Where did it come from? How did it get here? And is it a cause for concern in Florida? 1: Kudzu comes from Asia. Kudzu, Pueraria montana, is thought to be native t
part of the country, smothering roadside forests, farmland, houses and anything else