Key points Eleven undergraduate students at the University of Florida are the first to assemble the pignut hickory tree ...

Key Points Archaeologists have debated for decades over how Mississippian-style pottery ended up in Tampa Bay, an area long ...

Most adult Eastern Ratsnakes are about 42-72 inches (106-183 cm) in total length. This species is variable in coloration, but juveniles are gray with dark blotches. In the Panhandle, juveniles and ...

Positive identification of attacking sharks is very difficult since victims rarely make adequate observations of the attacker during the "heat" of the interaction. Tooth remains are seldom found in ...

University of Florida distinguished professors Pam and Doug Soltis were recently selected as this year’s recipients of the Peter Raven… ...

Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800 352-273-1963 dsoltis@ufl.edu Preferred name: Doug Collections & Programs Soltis Lab: Molecular ...

The Marine Biodiversity Survey of Guam and the Marianas is a collaborative effort between the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Guam Marine Laboratory. Introduction The purpose ...

Like all other snakes, sea snakes shed their skin as they grow. But because they live near the surface of the open ocean, ...

Checklist of Florida Turtles Showing 1 to 43 of 43 entries ‹ 1 › ...

pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction. This first-of-its-kind, taxonomically diverse assessment ...

Some 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe scooped up some clay and carefully molded it into a modest vessel, small enough to rest in the palm of their hand. You can imagine ...

The Sunshine State’s iconic wildlife includes the American alligator, the Florida panther, the scrub jay and the manatee. But some species unique to Florida are less familiar, like the ultra-rare blue ...