Learn what a combined experience of 60 years working with manatees has taught authors Roger Reep and Robert Bonde. The Florida Museum of Natural History will host the authors from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. March 18 as they discuss topics in their book "The Florida Manatee: Biology and Conservation."

Humans acquired pubic lice from gorillas several million years ago, but this seemingly seedy connection does not mean that monkey business went on with the great apes, a new Florida Museum of Natural History study finds.

Explore the nature of spiritual leadership, the hazy lines between religion, philosophy and culture, and the Buddhist views of the impermanence of life in a two-night screening and discussion of "Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy" at the Florida Museum of Natural History at 6:30 p.m. March 8.

Step into another world at the Florida Museum of Natural History from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 3 during "Cavers Paradise," a day to learn about fascinating cave formations and the critters that call caves home.

The largest climate change in central North America since the age of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, a temperature drop of nearly 15 degrees Fahrenheit, is documented within the fossilized teeth of horses and other plant-eating mammals, a new study reveals.

Florida Museum of Natural History visitors may observe Drupon Thinley Ningpo and Lama Konchog Gyaltshen, sponsored by the Tibetan Meditation Center in Gainesville, creating a sand mandala as part of the museum's current temporary exhibition, "Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents" during the following times:

The Florida Museum of Natural History is sponsoring a screening of the film "Flock of Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus" at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in the University of Florida Cultural Plaza. Admission is free but tickets are required.

The Florida Museum of Natural History will host University of Florida physics professor Tarek Saab for a "Journey Through Time and Space" from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11. The presentation is free and open to the public.

From greeting guests and guiding school groups to working with butterflies or fossils, volunteers play a vital role at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The museum needs help in many areas and will conduct volunteer orientations this year from 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. on the second Thursday of every month.

The Florida Museum of Natural History is accepting registrations for its 16th annual fossil dig at the Thomas Farm in Gilchrist County, to be held April 10-15. Ornithology curator David Steadman and other Florida Museum scientists will lead participants in excavating 18-million-year-old fossils of many species, including alligators, tortoises, horses, birds, bats and lizards.

Florida Museum of Natural History visitors can learn about Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan lifestyle in a day of family fun 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Feb. 3 as the museum opens its newest temporary exhibit, "Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents."

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.