The University of Florida has been given a gift of 2.2 million butterfly and moth specimens. ...more

October 17, 2009

The Hope Diamond is going bare to celebrate a half-century at the Smithsonian. ...more

August 20, 2009

A nonprofit group recently gave 10 students an eight-day trip of a lifetime to New York and Washington, D.C. ...more

July 15, 2009

Shark attacks worldwide dipped last year to their lowest level in five years. ...more

February 19, 2009

Fossils from northeastern Colombia reveal the biggest snake ever discovered: a behemoth that stretched 42 to 45 feet long, reaching more than 2,500 pounds. Titanoboa cerrejonensis, which acted like an anaconda, breaks the snake length record by about 11 feet, said paleontologist Jason Head of the University of Toronto Missisauga. ...more

February 5, 2009

Never mind the 40-foot snake that menaced Jennifer Lopez in the 1997 movie "Anaconda." Not even Hollywood could match a new discovery from the ancient world. ...more

February 4, 2009

With its imposing size, prehistoric appearance and unique barbed snout, the sawfish once was a common sight in Florida waters, often hauled to docks as a trophy catch or dispatched by fishermen when nets ensnared the toothy bill. ...more

December 31, 2008

Enough euphoria. ...more

November 8, 2008

Historians today dedicated the "first 16 feet" of what they hope will eventually become a permanent display for their Ruskin History Center. The work of renowned paleontologist Frank Garcia will flank the display. The "first 16 feet" consists of two cases filled with ancient artifacts discovered locally by Garcia, which the Ruskin Historical Society hopes will become a fixture at the history center, once it finds a permanent home. ...more

October 21, 2008

Some mysteries are such fun you almost don't want to know the truth. That may help explain why people are fascinated with crystal skulls. ...more

July 10, 2008