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A collection of eggs from seabirds, shorebirds, forest and grassland birds – even a giant flightless bird – arranged in separate boxes. The boxes are placed in a grid pattern on a table.

All Things Beautiful

New book reveals hundreds of specimens from the Florida Museum of Natural History
Photography by Kristen B. Grace
Text by Heather Dewar

Feature image for RX: Arts story in Spring 2023 issue of Explore magazine.

What if your doctor prescribed art for better health?

A pilot program envisions wellness-boosting social and cultural activities as part of health care
By Alisson Clark

Close-up image of a jumping spider on a leaf

Inside the lab that’s revealing spiders’ superpowers

By Alisson Clark

Compilation of microscopic imaging of antibiotic resistant bacteria

Antibiotic Avengers

An elite team joins forces to protect us from pathogens
By Doug Bennett

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Explore engages readers in the journey of scientific discovery, research, scholarship and creativity at the University of Florida. We invite our readers along for the adventure as faculty and students pursue knowledge in the laboratory, in the field and in the studio.

Explore Magazine

Read our latest issue – Spring 2022

Cover art of Explore Spring 2023 issue depicting a jumping spider with bright red and green hair standing with front arms raised on a green leaf.

From the Archive

Mammoth in Florida Museum

The Power of Object

On its 100th anniversary, Florida Museum researchers are applying new technologies to old specimens

DeLuca Preserve at night

In 27,000-acre Preserve, Scientists Begin ‘Age of Discovery’

Pivoting to the Pandemic

“Do you remember what it was like in March and April when...

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Cez Borba leans toward a computer screen in a dark room. A microscope image of a comb jelly is on the screen.

When the right microscope doesn’t exist, these optical innovators invent it

Sheila Sagear stands in front of the dark sky where the Milky Way shines as a cloudy white stripe in the sky. Behind her is UF's Rosemary Hill Observatory, a brick cylindrical building with a half-dome white roof.

Milky Way may host millions of planets in habitable zone

An image of European hip-hop musician Eko Fresh performing on stage.

From its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop has spread throughout Europe and challenged outdated ideals of racial and ethnic identity — Armin Langer

An image of footprints in the sand.

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy — Jenny Whilde and Jessica Alice Farrell

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Certain compounds may block coronavirus from cells, UF Health researcher finds

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Identifying unhealthy anxiety during the coronavirus crisis

Harn Museum: Korean Bodhisattva

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Harn Korean Bodhisattva

Xander Boggs, UF student playing instrument

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Bridging Music and Medicine