The Florida Museum of Natural History will host a literature workshop for adults who want to learn how to select books for children from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Jan. 28. University of Florida education professor Linda Lamme will focus on natural history topics for children ages 2-10.

A Florida Museum of Natural History-led study has determined that Titanis walleri, a prehistoric 7-foot-tall flightless "terror bird," arrived in North America from South America long before a land bridge connected the two continents.

A new study led by a University of Florida paleontologist reconstructs the base of our family tree and extends its roots 10 million years, a finding that sheds new light on the origin and earliest stages of primate evolution.

The Florida Museum of Natural History is offering a home school class "Nomads: Life on the Go" for ages 7-11 starting Jan. 29. Participants will learn how nomadic people traveled in order to adapt to their surroundings, what kind of technology nomads employed, and how they moved their homes and all of their belongings.

The Florida Museum of Natural History will host its 28th Annual Collectors Day from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Jan. 20. This free event is one of the Florida Museum's most popular public programs.

The Florida Museum of Natural History will host the Second Annual Florida Butterfly Festival Oct. 13-14 at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza.

Between India, central Asia and China, there lies a civilization set on a high plateau surrounded by the largest mountains in the world. This "Land of Snows" is commonly referred to as Tibet, a land filled with historic wonder and present day struggles.

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists Doug and Pam Soltis and David Dilcher, and William Stern, University of Florida Botany Professor Emeritus, recently received centennial awards from the Botanical Society of America for their outstanding service to the plant sciences and the society.

The Florida Museum of Natural History will host its 28th Annual Collectors Day from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Jan. 20. This free event is one of the Florida Museum's most popular public programs.

The Florida Museum of Natural History will host "In the Open: Sandhill Crane Studies" by Gainesville artist Diane Farris from Dec. 14 through March 18, 2007. This 19-piece exhibit of photography montages is inspired by the Sandhill crane, which appears across North America and in Gainesville during the winter months.