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Permian Monsters

Life Before the Dinosaurs

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Whale People: Protectors of the Sea

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University of Florida Cultural Plaza
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Gainesville, FL 32611-2710

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Feb 18, 2019

20-million-year-old tusked sea cow is Central America’s oldest marine mammal
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Shark bites plummet, fatalities remain average in 2018
Dec 31, 2018

Scientists: ‘Time is ripe’ to use big data for planet-sized plant questions
Dec 5, 2018

New butterfly named for pioneering 17th-century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian

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