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Jason Bourque

people walking into dig site with buckets

Evolution

Searching for red pandas in an elephant graveyard

January 15, 2017

Elephant-like tusks. A toe bone of an ancient condor. Even a snapping turtle with a smaller turtle coming out of…Read More

Jason Bourque with turtle fossil

Climate Change

Tropical turtle discovery in Wyoming provides climate-change clues

February 23, 2015

Tropical turtle fossils discovered in Wyoming by University of Florida scientists reveal that when the earth got warmer, prehistoric turtles…Read More

A fossilized great white shark jaw displayed on a wall

Evolution

New ancient shark species gives insight into origin of great white

November 4, 2012

The great white shark is one of the largest living predatory animals and a magnet for media sensationalism, yet its…Read More

Jonathan Bloch holding skeleton

Evolution

New understanding of bizarre extinct mammal

November 1, 2010

For more than 100 years, scientists have debated the relationships of a bizarre family of extinct mammals called apatemyids. Distinguished…Read More

Titanoboa and anaconda vertebrae

Life on Earth

At 45 feet long, ‘Titanoboa’ snake ruled the Amazon

April 1, 2009

Florida Museum researchers’ discovery of a giant fossilized snake in Colombia reveals a picture of warmer tropics ruled by beasts…Read More

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