The Florida Museum of Natural History inspires people to care about life on Earth. Located on the University of Florida campus, we are also the state museum.https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mufjagxuh22oMuseum Resource 🐟 Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida Explore our state's freshwater fish species, including collection records, photos and map. Shown: Choctawhatchee Darter (Etheostoma davisoni), indigenous to Florida's freshwaters 🔗 Info & browse: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/florida-fishes-gallery/choctawhatchee-darter/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky31 Aug 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufjagxuh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mu5ozpumrk2hSept 8 🎣 Science on Tap: Keeping it (Swamp) Eel We're joining UF Thompson Earth Systems Institute at Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. for this FREE event. Rob Robins, our ichthyology collection manager, will be talking about swamp eels! Event info: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/event/sot-keeping-it-swamp-eel-9-8-26/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky28 Aug 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ozpumrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mu2xxztfj22hScientists are tracking monarch butterflies with small, solar-powered radio transmitters—about the size and weight of a grain of rice. Florida Museum and Xerces Society researchers want to understand exactly where they go and how they get there. 🦋 Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/tiny-transmitters-could-unlock-monarch-migration-mysteries-in-florida/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky27 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2xxztfj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mtzaegkays2hMuseum Collections 🦪 Invertebrate Paleontology Galleries From barnacles to shrimp, browse fossil specimens in our invertebrate paleontology collection—with photos: https://floridamuseum.ufl.edu/invertpaleo/galleries/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Featured Species: Radiolucina waccamawensis Specimen: # UF 105316 Collectors: Roger Portell26 Aug 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzaegkays2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mtyio6s5yk2x#ICYMI NEW Museum Resource 🐠 Fish Families of the World Gallery Searchable gallery of fish families of the world, with photos of specimens, CT scans and 3D models, x-rays, links to our specimen database, notes on characteristics, habitats, etc. Browse: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/fish-families/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky26 Aug 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyio6s5yk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mttjinxdy22zScientist Spotted 🦣 Rachel Narducci, our vertebrate paleontology collection manager, talked with WEDU | PBS about fossil collecting, the Peace River and Florida's natural history—both above and below sea level. Watch: https://video.wedu.org/video/greater-wauchula-fossils-hi55ib/24 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttjinxdy22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mtlxf7gtgk2lAn international team of scientists collected and carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine fossils to understand time averaging—in which organisms from different time periods are preserved together in the same fossil bed. Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/paleontologists-spent-20-years-carbon-dating-thousands-of-marine-fossils-then-used-them-to-decode-a-process-fundamental-to-earths-history/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Study: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.261536812321 Aug 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlxf7gtgk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mtjzwg5kbk2lMuseum Collections 🌴 Fossil Palm Feature: Fossil Palm (Sabalites apalachicolensis) "This is a fossil palm leaf that we collected from the base of Alum Bluff, a 52-meter cliff along the Apalachicola River just north of Bristol, Florida." 🎧 With Terry Lott: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/object/fossil-palm/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky20 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjzwg5kbk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mtgxcezq6c2jScientist Spotted 🌳 Doug Soltis collaborated with LabX @ NAS on fun video shorts talking about the Tree of Life, how it helps researchers, and what we can learn by examining it. Videos rolling out all week! Check out our YouTube playlist as they are released: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVPQsm3VV-M8&si=NyWfkbkeXEUP1qSO19 Aug 2026 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgxcezq6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mt2h3lwm622nMuseum Resource 🐠 Fish Families of the World Gallery NEW resource! Searchable gallery of fish families of the world, with photos of specimens, CT scans and 3D models, x-rays, and notes on characteristics, habitats, etc. Browse: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/fish-families/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky14 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2h3lwm622nhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msybfzsbrs2nMuseum Collections 🪸 Invertebrate Paleontology Galleries From cephalopods to sea lilies, browse fossil specimens in our invertebrate paleontology collection: https://floridamuseum.ufl.edu/invertpaleo/galleries/ Featured Species: Stylophora undata Specimen: # UF 8920 *holotype* Collectors: Norman Weisbord13 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msybfzsbrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msvqs32bms2nA large, international team of scientists has determined that one in ten butterfly species globally has shifted its distribution range, with climate change & extreme weather driving ~80% of documented movements. Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/butterflies-worldwide-are-on-the-move-as-the-climate-warms/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03117-y12 Aug 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvqs32bms2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msss5wsd522nLast call! We're hiring 🐟 Assistant Curator of Ichthyology 🏛️📌 Apply by Aug. 21, 2026 This is a 12-month, tenure-track position 👇 🔸 Full info: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/careers/faculty/assistant-curator-of-ichthyology/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky 🔸 Apply via @ufl.edu: https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/540266/assistant-curator-of-ichthyology11 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msss5wsd522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msqe4u6uwc2yMuseum Resource 🦎 Florida Amphibians & Reptiles Checklist Our herpetologists maintain a checklist of the established amphibians and reptiles known to occur in Florida, organized by currently accepted scientific name. Browse: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-herps/florida-amphibians-reptiles/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky10 Aug 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqe4u6uwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msj2oxftv22y#ICYMI 🦈 Scientists have developed a model to predict the age of zebra sharks - an epigenetic clock - a useful tool for protecting endangered sharks and restoring wild populations. Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-look-to-shark-dna-for-the-genetic-signature-of-time/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky 📸: Ripley’s Aquariums07 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj2oxftv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msdz66dml222Artist Minna Fernald donated over 320 paintings of Florida wildflowers to the university in 1942, providing a rich record of the state’s past ecological life. 🥀 Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/watercolor-collection-features-hundreds-of-florida-plants/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky05 Aug 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdz66dml222https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3msbzha24ks22Museum Collections 🐌 Native & Invasive Land Snails Florida’s Rosy Wolf Snail were introduced to Pacific islands to control invasive snails like the Giant African Snail. Unfortunately, they devastated native snail populations instead. 🎧 With John Slapcinsky: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/object/native-and-invasive-land-snails/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky04 Aug 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbzha24ks22https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3ms74kfd7zk22Museum Collections 🧺 Seminole and Miccosukee Baskets 👉 https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sflarch/ethnographic-collections/seminole-baskets/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Basket making techniques vary widely and depends on the material used — coiling, twining, plaiting, and stake & strand. Seminole and Miccosukee baskets are made using the plaited and coiling methods.03 Aug 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms74kfd7zk22https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrxowsfwfc22Museum Resource 🐟 Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida Explore our state's freshwater fish species, including collection records, photos and map. Shown: Dollar Sunfish (Lepomis marginatus), indigenous to Florida's freshwaters 🔗 More info & browse gallery: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/florida-fishes-gallery/dollar-sunfish/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky31 Jul 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxowsfwfc22https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrvexlltgk22Gustav Paulay, curator of our invertebrate zoology collection, recently joined an OceanX bioblitz off the coast of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia. Jump to the OceanX video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6-x5EmE73w Read (and watch) about this ambitious bioblitz: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/saving-what-we-know-the-ambitious-work-to-document-marine-biodiversity/30 Jul 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvexlltgk22https://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrsmw7jabs2fScientists have developed a model to predict the age of zebra sharks - an epigenetic clock - a useful tool for protecting endangered sharks and restoring wild populations. 🦈 Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-look-to-shark-dna-for-the-genetic-signature-of-time/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Study: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70326 📸: @aquariumpacific.bsky.social29 Jul 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsmw7jabs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrppo3k4yc2fMuseum Collections 🔬 Secret Morphology Lepidopterists can often look at butterfly and moth wing patterns to help identify them, but not always. They sometimes have to rely on – genitalia dissection. Read about this with our McGuire Center: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/news/2022/02/secret-morphology/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky28 Jul 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrppo3k4yc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrnpwjyozc2fMuseum Collections 🦪 Invertebrate Paleontology Galleries #MolluskMonday From crabs to sea biscuits, browse fossil specimens in our invertebrate paleontology collection: https://floridamuseum.ufl.edu/invertpaleo/galleries/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky Featured Species: Turritella wagneriana Specimen: # UF 9742 Location: Sarasota Co., FL27 Jul 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnpwjyozc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mrdoxrpx722f“If you go to the neotropics, Colobura is one of the first butterflies you see,” said Anisha Sapkota. Rather than clarifying the evolutionary history of Colobura, discovering one species was actually three here has resulted in a lot of head scratching: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/this-single-well-known-and-widespread-butterfly-is-actually-three-species-in-disguise/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky23 Jul 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdoxrpx722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mravvv64rs2tA rare intact Potano-Timucua pot was excavated by @ufl.edu students during fieldwork at a local mission site. Artifacts at this site are revealing the story of the village that once thrived in what is now a shady patch of woods not far from campus. Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/students-unearth-rare-centuries-year-old-pot-at-local-mission-site/22 Jul 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mravvv64rs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mr6sgvti322tMuseum Resource 🐍 Florida Snake ID Guide Easy visual ID and searchable tool for learning about our state's snakes including habitat, range, diet & lookalikes. Featured: Dekay’s Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi) Snake profile: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-snake-id/snake/dekays-brownsnake/ NON-VENOMOUS21 Jul 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6sgvti322thttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mr45cp2rbk2mExhibit #SciArt 🪸 Florida Miocene Paintings in our exhibit help to illustrate Florida's evolving ecosystems over time as changing sea levels exposed or submerged our peninsula. 🗝️ The art + species key: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blog/florida-miocene-painting-by-robert-barber/ Bonus specimen: Melongena sculpturata, # UF 11431020 Jul 2026 20:33 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr45cp2rbk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mqufvwxidc2mFDOT extended a grant for our curator Jaret Daniels and his lab to grow, plant & monitor milkweeds along Florida roads. The goal is to understand how to create the most effective environmental corridors for monarch butterflies & pollinators in FL. Story: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/butterfly-experts-are-planting-15000-milkweed-plants-along-florida-roadsides-to-help-monarchs/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky17 Jul 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqufvwxidc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mqs7y27n5s2mMuseum Resource 🐟 Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida Explore our state's freshwater fish species, including collection records, photos and map. Shown: Shadow Bass (Ambloplites ariommus), indigenous to Florida's freshwaters 🔗 More info & browse gallery: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/florida-fishes-gallery/shadow-bass/?utm_source=sm&utm_medium=clk&utm_campaign=bsky16 Jul 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqs7y27n5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/floridamuseum.bsky.social/post/3mqpj5pjh2k25Museum Collections 🎺 Coral Honeysuckle Popular Florida-native vine that attracts butterflies & hummingbirds! More from UF/IFAS: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/ornamentals/coral-honeysuckle/ Herbarium feat.: Lonicera sempervirens Specimen: # FLAS 193161 Loc.: Levy County, FL www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/15 Jul 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:33gr3f7pxposyd4sgdmbvfda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpj5pjh2k25