ALT a cluster of what looks like dark, stubby dried roots are set next to an aged paper label with worn text that says University of Florida and some blurry notes

ALT eight brown and white cone shaped snail shells are arranged in a ring around one smaller shell in the center flat on a white background

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

ALT Two men in hard hats and safety gear discuss a rock sample by the back of a white pickup truck.

ALT A man stands in a storage room, holding a specimen from one of many open drawers filled with shells.

ALT A person in a high-visibility vest in the far distance walks across a sandy construction site in front of a large excavated cliff face.

ALT A man in a safety vest and beanie stands atop a rocky, eroded ledge of sandy terrain.

ALT vintage photo of a person with a braid of dark hair, wearing a dark hoodie and binoculars on a strap over their shoulder seems to be sitting among low growing plants and holding a notebook and pencil, watching two gorillas leaning on a fallen tree trunk watching her back, surrounded by forest

ALT a cluster of white stalks rise from mulchy dead leaves and each are topped by a downward drooping white flower trumpet

ALT Four people work in a storage room filled with shelves of boxes, using laptops and lamps to examine specimens.

ALT A woman in a striped shirt holds a fragment of pottery while standing in a storage area with shelves of archival boxes.

ALT An adult and two students examine seashells and small fossils in plastic bins in a classroom with educational posters on the walls.

ALT A person wearing a cap sits on a beach, holding a sieve over a bucket with other buckets and nets on the sand.

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 detailed close-up of a large dead wasp curled up on its side with heavy abdomen with a sharp stinger

ALT two specimens of small, elongated fishes with lobed fins and dark gray-brown mottled coloring on their bodies. There are bright orange and soft blue stripes on their larger fins and small patches of orange along their bellies

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 close up of a selection of dolls with elaborate and detailed patchwork clothing and round heads made of some kind of rough fiber material

ALT Three white trays filled with microscope slides. One slide is tilted up, labeled 'NW-1310' with a specimen.

ALT A hand holding a small, weathered stone star-shaped object against a backdrop of fragmented rock textures.

ALT eight pieces of irregular, ancient pottery are lined up in two rows next to glass slides with a thin section of brown substance that might be a sample cut from the potsherds

ALT a large mammoth skeleton with huge, curving tusks looms over head against the blue walls of a museum gallery with dappled sunlight falling against one side of an entrance to a Water Shapes Florida exhibit doorway