The Archbold Biological Station (ABS) is a research institute with a surrounding 5,192.63-acre (21 km2) estate near Lake Placid, Florida, US, in Highlands County.

The station was established in 1941 by Richard Archbold when his sponsorship of zoological research in New Guinea was curtailed by the outbreak of the Second World War in the Pacific region.

[1] The station encompasses an extensive area of Florida scrub, a scientifically interesting and highly threatened ecosystem.

There are some displays about the property and its history, a video about the biodiversity and conservation of the Lake Wales Ridge, a 1/2 mile nature trail, and picnic tables.

Also, its inland location on the well-drained sandy soil of the Lake Wales Ridge allows for high diurnal temperature variation, with frost and freeze conditions common each year, and a plant hardiness zone rating of 9.