Congrats to our Glaucia Del-Rio! 👏👏👏 She is one of four recipients of the American Ornithological Society's 2024 Kessel Fellowships for Ornithological Research for early-career researchers! Felicity Newell, a previous UF student here, was also awarded. More: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Fossils from the Adriatic Sea show a recent and worrying reversal of fortunes. Marine predators and prey decline while a hardier species thrives in current unfavorable conditions, say conservation paleobiologists. Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/foss...doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Utility companies maintain 5.5 million line-miles of land to create safe and efficient energy corridors. When properly maintained, these areas also create ideal spaces for wildflowers and pollinators. 🌿🐝🪲 Story: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/main...journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
We've reimagined our recent gallery exhibit as an online exhibit so you can check it out any time! Dancing spiders, cryptic females and experimenting with makeup -- learn all about these jumping cuties! 🕺💃 Online Exhibit 🕷️ Colorful Dancing Spiders www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/onl...
Arachnologists (spider scientists) are studying how color impacts spider behavior. Male Coloration Colorful markings paired with a flashy dance might tell a female jumping spider that a male is the...
Exploring Museum Collections 🗺️ Olsen’s dwarf tapir In addition to central Florida, a large number of fossils of this species were discovered in the Gray Fossil Site in eastern Tennessee. Featured Species: Tapirus polkensis Specimen: # UF/FGS 5942 Read: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vert...
Exhibits news 📢 We're embarking on a big expansion project here at the Florida Museum and will be closing our public exhibits building temporarily beginning Jan. 6, 2025. Full info 🔗 www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/visit/expans... Our Research & Collection facilities will be unaffected by construction.
Exploring Museum Collections 💛 American lotus The elegant flowers on this perennial Florida-native aquatic plant are easily recognized in wetlands and waterways. More with UF/IFAS: edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/... From our herbarium collection Species: Nelumbo lutea Specimen: # FLAS 86632
In English, they're sometimes called the crying bird. In other languages, they are also named after their call, like carau and guareao. Five Facts: Limpkins in Florida www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five...
Online Exhibit 💥 Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Feature: Spanish Musket Ball; Haiti; Dates to late 15th century Artifacts from this site provide some of the earliest evidence of Spanish presence in the Americas. 🎧 More with Gifford Waters: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/ob...
