Florida Museum to host ‘Museum Fest: Explore What’s Next’ on March 8
Feb 28, 2025
Event to feature up-close look at museum objects from native plants to fossils.
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Florida Museum to host ‘Museum Fest: Explore What’s Next’ on March 8
Event to feature up-close look at museum objects from native plants to fossils.
Cuscowilla Day Camp registration to open on March 1
Feb 18, 2025
Day camps slated from June 9 to July 25.
Florida Museum to host book signing for Smithsonian director, renowned illustrator
Feb 14, 2025
Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson to present photos, artwork and stories from fossil-hunting travels.
UF report: Unprovoked shark bites plummeted in 2024
Feb 11, 2025
Unprovoked shark attacks were down 22 from 2023.
Mainstreet’s top feature stories of 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Mainstreet features highlight unique, local stories through year.
Florida Museum reschedules construction timeline
Dec 16, 2024
Museum will now close on March 24, 2025.
Florida Museum exhibit proves success of showing how paleontologists work
Gainesville exhibit stocked with Florida fossils.
UF researchers use AI, lasers for precision mosquito combat
Oct 19, 2024
Researchers from the UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) and the Florida Museum of Natural History are working to revolutionize mosquito control by using artificial intelligence […]
Florida Museum manager brings prehistoric mammals to life in new book
Oct 13, 2024
After the extinction of dinosaurs came the age of mammals. A new book brings readers into this world with well-researched species profiles by Aaron Woodruff, collection […]
Florida Museum awarded nearly $3M in September from national foundation
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the National Science Foundation this month. Awards […]
Florida Museum slated to close in January 2025 for expansion project
Sep 6, 2024
Museum anticipated to reopen to public in 2026.
Florida Museum to pause featured exhibits program during renovation
Construction to continue into 2025.
Florida Museum’s newest gallery exhibit features local springs photos
Gallery on display through spring 2025.
New Florida Museum gallery highlights state’s biodiversity, conservation
Images taken by Florida Museum photographer Kristen Grace.
UF: Researchers identify first local extinction in U.S. due to sea level rise
Hurricanes, high ocean tides lead to Key Largo tree cactus destruction in Florida Keys.
Incredible insects: New Florida Museum exhibit opens next week
Special exhibit continues Science Up Close series.
Gainesville’s Plotkin snags second in national crossword competition
Apr 24, 2024
Speed solvers meet each year for American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Florida study shows tree diversity directly relates to productivity
Study from Florida Museum of Natural History published.
Florida Museum to host 16th Annual ‘Can you dig it’ event
Mar 31, 2024
Free, family festival happens on April 6.
Florida Museum study shows decline in moths from southern cities
Mar 30, 2024
Study shows declines in urban and rural areas.
Florida Museum of Natural History opens new exhibit
Mar 19, 2024
Grand opening includes free activities, performances.
OpenVertebrate project offers free access to CT-scanned specimens
Five-year collaborative project among 18 institutions creates 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens.