Get your toddler excited about science and natural history! Join Florida Museum nature ambassadors for an exciting and ...

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

Current Personnel Gavin Naylor PhD Program Director Florida Program for Shark Research 352-273-1954 gnaylor@flmnh.ufl.edu Please send all questions and media inquiries to Dr. Naylor Lei Yang PhD ...

North + Central America International Shark Attack Files Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Rd PO Box 117800 University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611-7800 352-392-2360 ...

Deptford Check Stamped Pottery Series or Cultural Affiliation: Deptford Series Chronology: 800 BC - AD 700 (200 BC- AD 200 in Florida) Culture Period: Deptford Period Mode of Decoration: Check Stamped ...

Paleontologists working in a cave on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola have discovered the first known instance of ancient bees nesting inside preexisting fossil cavities. Burrowing bees generally ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories long dismissed as myths. But a new study suggests ...

Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the 1990s. After wreaking havoc in Florida’s ecosystems, the exotic lizard was classified as ...

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 ...

hameleons’ wandering eyes have fascinated and puzzled scientists since the days of ancient Greece. Now, after millennia of study, modern imaging has revealed the secret of their nearly 360-degree view ...