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Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave

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Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network

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25,000 moths from one Florida backyard show how insects change with the seasons

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Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams contain evidence of ancient meteorite

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Florida scientists tag deep-sea shark from submersible

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Pamela Soltis named president of American Society of Plant Taxonomists

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Honoring lifelong reptile and amphibian expert Joseph Mitchell

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Florida Museum introduces new science outreach programs for Gainesville children

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Underground movement: The secret lives of geophytes

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Meet the butterflies breaking into the brewing business

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In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher

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Five Facts: Clover in Florida

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Four new species of plume moths discovered in Bahamas

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Akito Kawahara named UF Research Foundation professor

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

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Florida monarch butterfly populations have dropped 80 percent since 2005

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Hollow trees host massive moth slumber parties

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Moths with larger hindwings and longer tails are best at deflecting bats

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