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Mice are shrinking, but are climate change and cities to blame?

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Catnip’s chemical attractant is new twist on old family tradition

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Florida’s rare blue bee rediscovered at Lake Wales Ridge

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Lyin’ eyes: Butterfly, moth eyespots may look the same, but likely evolved separately

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During tough times, ancient ‘tourists’ sought solace in Florida oyster feasts

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Remembering Naziha Mestaoui, renowned artist, museum collaborator

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Austin, Bullen 2020 student research award winners named

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Oldest mahogany fossil named for paleobotanist Steven Manchester

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Akito Kawahara talks insect declines – and what you can do – with Adam Conover

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Five Facts: Cat’s-claw vine in Florida

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Five invasive plants that might be lurking in your garden

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Mission accessible: Florida’s historic Spanish missions go digital

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Florida Program for Shark Research

Life on Earth

Shark attacks remained low in 2019 – but bites from the elusive cookiecutter were up

Evolution

Florida Museum scientists zoom in on DNA to save thorny skates

Life on Earth

Florida scientists tag deep-sea shark from submersible

Life on Earth

DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery

Life on Earth

Shark bites plummet, fatalities remain average in 2018

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DNA from shark tooth in boy’s leg used to ID species in bite incident

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