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Florida Museum Science

Ichthyology

shallow rippling water

Fieldwork

Bull sharks and rays tracked in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon

January 1, 2009

Worldwide, there are only 75 known instances of unprovoked bull shark attacks and 23 human fatalities on record in the…Read More

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…Read More

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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…Read More

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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…Read More

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Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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