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Sept 2 🐞 Exhibit last day! Science Up Close: Incredible Insects All about insects & entomology! Check our exhibit schedule for featured #UFBugs scientists in the live lab! In collab. with UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology 🐜🐜🐜 🪲 Exhibit info: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/incre…







How does one species become two? Yash Sondhi (Yash Sondhi) and team caught evolution in the act when they observed differences in a gene that regulates circadian rhythms in a group of moths that have become separated in time. ☀️ 🌙 Story & study: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/moths-…


Thank you Jaret Daniels, Doug Jones & Florida Museum for hosting UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Dean’s Office field trip to see Incredible Insects.





#ICYMI Scientist Spotted 🎧 Our Steve Manchester was a guest on the In Defense of Plants podcast to talk about the walnut family, fossil seeds and his career as a paleobotanist: indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2024/8… 🌰🌰🐿️

Last chance to check out our special exhibit all about insects & entomology! Science Up Close: Incredible Insects Sept 2 🐞 Exhibit last day! Featuring live lab scientists in collaboration with UF/IFAS Entomology & Nematology 🐜🐜🐜 #UFBugs 🪲 Exhibit info: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/incre…




#ICYMI ☀️🌙 Rather than being separated by a physical barrier, members of a species can become separated in time. Scientists caught evolution in the act when they observed differences in a gene that regulates circadian rhythms in a group of moths. Story: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/moths-…



Exploring Museum Collections 🌿 Red Buckeye This small Florida-native tree has clusters of pretty trumpet flowers 👉 but the seed pods are poisonous to humans. More with UF/IFAS: gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-a… FLAS Herbarium collection: Species: Aesculus pavia Specimen: # FLAS 224607
