Benjamin Genter, a senior at the University of Florida, recently received the Henri Seibert Award for best student talk at… ...

University of Florida Academic Year 2026-2027 Join the UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute (TESI) in helping inspire the next generation of scientists and environmental stewards! … Continue ...

There are many ongoing or recent studies and research initiatives looking at the life history of rays and skates. These studies will assist governmental agencies with fisheries quotas and conservation ...

Butterflies in the exhibit are raised on butterfly farms around the world. This form of sustainable agriculture helps protect natural forest habitats from destruction and promote local economic growth ...

The Museum’s education department offers an array of programs and resources that inspire people to value the biological richness and cultural heritage of our diverse world. Initiatives are designed to ...

Defining taxon: first appearance of 17 mammalian genera dispersing more or less simultaneously from Eurasia (Tedford et al., 2004); among those found in Florida are the bear-dog Amphicyon, the ...

Spreading over 700,000 acres in south and central Florida, the Brazilian peppertree is one of the most aggressive and widespread invasive plants in the state.

Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They’d flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and ...

About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near a river in North Florida. Although their deaths likely occurred hundreds of years apart ...

White sharks exhibit stark differences between the DNA in their nuclei and the DNA in their mitochondria. Until now, scientists have pointed to the migration patterns of great whites to explain the ...

Global unprovoked shark bites returned to near-average levels in 2025, following a sharp reduction the year prior. There was a total of 65 unprovoked shark bites worldwide in 2025, slightly less than ...

Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America. The Spanish fort was built in 1566 in the ...