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The spindly filaments and coral-like colonies of the ancient phylum of marine animals known as bryozoans likely aren’t the first thing that come to mind when you envision safe and protective child care. But a new study on the 600-million-year history of these obscure animals highlights the import
Cheilostomes have evolved specialized nursery cells multiple times throughout their

The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest number of reported incidents in the last 10 years. According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, there were a total of 57 unprovoked bites in 2022, most of which occurred
“It’s likely that fatalities are down because some areas have recently implemented

A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people. The finding runs counter to many scientists‘ hypothesis that cities would trigger mammals to get smaller over time. Buildings and roads trap and r
shifting body size are unknown, researchers cautioned that smaller animals may have

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. — Children will have an opportunity to snap photos of nature, learn about ancient

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efforts to sample the terrestrial snails of the islands of New Guinea and Madagascar have

Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A total of eight experts from multiple countries were awarded funds last year, which enabled them to examine the Center’s collection in person and work with staff and
“There are large parts of the collection that don’t have researchers actively studying

Florida Museum of Natural History mammalogist David Reed has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study the evolutionary biology of human lice. Reed, an associate curator of mammalogy at the Florida Museum, will use the five-year, $934,498
“Parasitic lice have evolved alongside, but much faster than their human hosts,”

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on Earth in 2017. To mark the closing of an era and the beginning of a new century, UF News profiled three Florida Museum women who are shaping the research institution’s future
media and podcasts, they continue the work of past and current museum women, who have

It’s in your heart and liver, in the vegetables you eat, in the rogue cells that cause cancer. Those who live in temperate regions are surrounded by more of it than people who live in the tropics, and without it, humans wouldn’t exist. It’s called polyploidy, and only within the last few years ha
Jerald Pinson • June 3, 2024 Scientists from disparate areas of expertise have

Ornithologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History are preparing to digitize nearly all of the museum’s analog bird-sound field recordings, one of the largest collections in the Western Hemisphere with 23,650 cataloged recordings representing about 3,000 species. Funded by the National Scien
The museum plans to one day have all its recordings available online.