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New study examines informal educators’ self-efficacy in facilitating youth civic engagement for the environment
A new article investigating the self-efficacy of informal educators in leading youth civic engagement projects has been published in the…
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane,…
Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida’s largest remaining seagrass bed
The seagrass is greener along Florida’s Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine…
A plant you’ve never heard of can do what scientists once thought impossible
About 3.7 billion years ago, a string of naturally occurring molecules — the same kind that astronomers have found in…
From prehistoric resident to runaway pet: First tegu fossil found in the U.S.
Originally from South America, the charismatic tegu made its way to the United States via the pet trade of the…
Biologists create a one-stop shop for world’s most charismatic plants
The Florida Museum of Natural History has partnered with 35 herbarium collections across the United States to create a web…
Giant croclike carnivore fossils found in the Caribbean
Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound — that’s a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in…
Introduced trees are becoming more common in the eastern United States, while native diversity declines
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a…
Over one-fifth of native North American pollinators at elevated risk of extinction
A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at…
Thorny skates come in snack and party sizes. After a century of guessing, scientists now know why
When Jeff Kneebone was a college student in 2002, his research involved a marine mystery that has stumped curious scientists…