Science Stories Archive
Archived Stories - Genetics and Systematics
(05/2007) The Herbarium at the Florida Museum of Natural History is run jointly by the Museum and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Including the associated fossil plant collection, it houses about 500,000 vascular plants, moss and lichen...
(03/2007) About 3.3 million years ago, lice found on gorillas began to infest humans, Reed said. That they took up residence in the pubic region may have coincided with humans’ loss of hair on the rest of their bodies...
(11/2006) Some eclectic studies have passed through the doors of the ancient DNA lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History. When two pre-Columbian mummies were recovered from Peru, the researchers discovered that the disembodied heads-probably...
(03/2006) During your last trip to the beach you may have noticed the concentric rings on seashells you pulled from the sand and wondered if you could count them to determine the age of the animal like you would tree rings...
(11/2005) A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet of animal tissue, say Florida Museum of Natural History researchers...