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Jon Bloch

Illustration of an extinct mammal climbing up a tree trunk.

Evolution

A 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal

March 12, 2025

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early…
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Photograph of fossilized snail specimen

Features

Florida Museum fossils go to space

February 10, 2025

The recent launch of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket marked several historic milestones. The 21-year-old crew member Karsen Kitchen set…
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