ALT several husks of young cicada insects covered in pale webbing are sprouting large fungal formations like a tassel from their head

ALT Herbarium specimen of two long stems with small root clusters at the base and small tufts of flowers at the tops that have been pressed and carefully attached to a white sheet with an information label at the bottom and a FLAS Herbarium stamp near the top.

ALT a painting of an underwater scene near the sandy floor that is covered with shells, crabs, urchins and sea grass while overhead swims fish, turtles, manatees and a seal, and a numbered key to the illustration positioned below it

ALT A case in a museum exhibit has dozens of shells and other marine fossils carefully mounted on a wall next to a painting of an underwater scene and above an information sign with a lot of text and a key to the animals in the painting

ALT a very shiny pail sea snail shell is somewhat almond shaped and has a number written on the inner lip

ALT three views of a section of fossil jaw bone with several cone shaped teeth in place and a numerous empty sockets is shown from three angles

ALT a person on a ladder is using large calipers to measure the hip width of a large mammoth skeleton in a museum gallery

ALT an old blurry and poorly lit vintage shot of two people on a scissor lift carefully attaching a skull to what looks like a large mammoth skeleton in a work room

ALT a somewhat aged photo of a group of 15 people posed in a museum lobby in front of a mammoth skeleton under big windows

ALT a mammoth skeleton is looming over a museum gallery with blue walls and a blue sky themed ceiling decoration cast in diffused sunlight from high windows

ALT a large wedge-shaped fish skeleton is highlighted in light blue in high detail against a black background. It has a flat profile with a heavy jaw and a very short body that angles up to a short tail high in the back

ALT a rough wooden statue seems to show a figure kneeling with is hands on his knees and either wearing a large cat-like headdress or representing a cat-like personality

ALT Three side-view profile photographs of fish arranged vertically against a solid gray background. The top fish has silver and black speckled scales. The middle fish has a golden-brown hue with darker vertical bands and a dark caudal fin. The bottom fish has silver and tan scales with a dark horizontal stripe along its side. A Florida Museum logo is in the bottom right corner.

ALT Two men in a laboratory setting examine biological specimens. On the left, a young man in a purple t-shirt looks on as a man on the right, wearing glasses and a grey fleece jacket, uses a tool to lift a long, thin snake specimen from a jar. Several glass jars containing preserved snake specimens sit on a black table, with lab shelving and equipment visible in the background.

ALT Screenshot of a WEDU PBS video titled 'Greater Wauchula | Fossils' featuring a woman in a laboratory setting and a play button layered overtop