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Ichthyology

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Life on Earth

Researchers given glimpse into bull sharks’ movement

October 1, 2009

Indian River Lagoon, on Florida’s east coast, has historically served as habitat for an abundance of marine life. But human…
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calm water with heavy fog

Fieldwork

Catch and release

September 1, 2009

The sun had barely broken over the trees as Jason Romine, a research biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural…
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sawfish in ocean

Life on Earth

Conserving Florida’s smalltooth sawfish

October 1, 2008

Globally, nearly all sawfish species are declining largely due to coastal habitat threats and over-fishing, but dwindling northern populations of…
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Fieldwork

Shark research program surfaces valuable information

February 1, 2005

The Florida Program for Shark Research, directed by the Florida Museum of Natural History’s George H. Burgess, is one of…
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Grants & Initiatives

$4.7 million grant will fund catfish biodiversity research

February 1, 2004

The National Science Foundation has awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and four other…
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