Florida Museum scientists engage in research around the world every day, but only a small number of these discoveries are displayed in the public exhibits space. This Science Stories site is an ongoing collection of news articles about Florida Museum natural science research. From collecting expeditions to new discoveries by Museum researchers, Science Stories covers a range of topics for aspiring scientists and curious spectators.
Current Stories
(05/2008) The unusual discovery of well-preserved fossils in a water-filled sinkhole called a blue hole revealed the bones of landlubbing crocodiles and tortoises that did not survive human encroachment...
(04/2008) A study published by Kitty Emery, Florida Museum Assistant Curator of Environmental Archeology, is the first to document ancient hunting effects on large-game species in the Maya lowlands of Central America...
(03/2008) David Steadman, a paleo-ornithologist at the Florida Museum, has an ambitious goal to find the oldest hummingbird fossils in North America, and says the perfect spot to search may be within an hour's drive from Gainesville...
(02/2008) Surprisingly, McGuire Center Collections Manager George Austin came across the species while curating butterflies in the Florida Museum, which houses one of the world's largest collections at more than 6 million specimens...
(02/2008) Brachykolon lives in the Himalayan Foothills Subprovince of Pakistan at about 5,575 to 6,500 feet above sea level. It is found in Chir Pine forests and grasslands disturbed by people for agriculture. Like many other geckos in Pakistan...
(01/2008) Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History are fine-tuning conservation knowledge about endangered Florida panthers by studying their bones and pelts. Our researchers recently concluded...
(01/2008) A Florida Museum of Natural History herpetologist searching for scientific causes of the so-far-unexplained giant hellbender salamander decline in the U.S. said that we can rule out flooding in many habitats, but that both illegal and scientific collecting of the species may...
(12/2007) As one approaches the plantation along the north coast from Nassau there are eight stone buildings that served as the homes for Wylly’s married slaves. These buildings are in relatively good condition, although their roofs have deteriorated. Next,...
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