Florida Museum Curator Helps Team Score 1st-Place and $5 Million in International Biodiversity Competition
UF researcher Robert Guralnick, curator of bioinformatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, is a member of an international team that won first place in the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest competition.
UF researchers use AI, lasers to pioneer precision spraying to combat mosquitoes
UF Researchers from the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) and the Florida Museum of Natural History are working to revolutionize mosquito control by using artificial intelligence to improve its precision.
New $12.5 Million National Science Foundation Grant Awarded to Study Phenomenon Affecting Agriculture, Cancer, Biodiversity and More
UF has 7 of 18 scientists who have received a combined $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Polyploidy Integration and Innovation Institute. The grant is part of a broader initiative by the National Science Foundation to bring together scientists from disparate areas of expertise to work on pressing problems in biology.
Computing Power Is the Key to Analyzing a Changing Environment
Robert Guralnick, the biodiversity informatics curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, says data science approaches, particularly machine learning, can help with the critical challenge of extracting the best data generated by an ever-more-closely monitored environment and using it to save global biodiversity.
A Team of UF Researchers Find a Unique Connection Between Humans and the Bahamian Hutia
Meet the Bahamian hutia. A species of rodent that can reach the size of a full-grown rabbit, they just might hold the... Read More
Robert Guralnick Named UF Research Foundation Professor
The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum of Natural History scientist Robert Guralnick a UFRF Professor for 2020-2023. In... Read More
Museums Preserve Clues That Can Help Scientists Predict and Analyze Future Pandemics
Florida Museum of Natural History curator and distinguished professor Pamela Soltis, Ph.D., explains in The Conversation how she, along with colleagues from... Read More
Catnip’s Chemical Attractant Is New Twist on Old Family Tradition
Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is... Read More
Stuck at Home? Your Nature Observations Can Help Scientists (and Maybe Your Mood)
If you’re suddenly noticing the wildlife outside your window while sheltering in place — or if you’re trapped far away from nature... Read More
Here Be Dragons: Analysis Reveals New Species in Smaug Lizard Group
Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” has a few living relatives. With dense, alligator-like armor, these small, real-life dragon... Read More
