Mission

WE SOLICIT DONATIONS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO RESEARCHERS, LARGELY AFFILIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS BUT ALSO INDEPENDENT CITIZEN-SCIENTISTS AND AMATEUR NATURALISTS WHO PURSUE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON ALL TYPES OF ORGANISMS (= BIODIVERSITY) LIVING IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE PUBLISH SUMMARIES OF THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY THE RESEARCHERS. WE ASK GRANT RECIPIENTS TO AUTHOR AND THEN PUBLISH THEIR FINDINGS IN SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN JOURNALS, POPULAR ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PERIODICALS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA. WE PUBLISH BOOKS WRITTEN BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR, WITH A COMPELLING STORY TO TELL ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES, BIODIVERSITY, THREATENED HABITATS SUCH AS THE FLORIDA KEYS OR THE EVERGLADES OR TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, AND VIRTUALLY ANY SUBJECT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO