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Awards & Honors

Luis Torres wins first place in the University of Florida Three-Minute Thesis Competition

November 14, 2023

Luis Torres, a second-year doctoral student in the University of Florida’s department of geological sciences, has won first place in…
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Life on Earth

Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems

July 11, 2023

Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like…
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small bones

Collections

Florida Museum receives NSF grant to lead conservation paleobiology research network

August 7, 2019

The National Science Foundation awarded the Florida Museum of Natural History a $500,000 grant to develop a research coordination network…
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Evolution

The walking dead: Fossils on the move can distort patterns of mass extinctions

September 13, 2018

Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing and pace of past mass extinctions is no easy task, and…
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Gray heart urchin and white mollusk show drill holes from predators

Evolution

Drill holes in fossil shells point to bigger predators picking on small prey

June 15, 2017

The drill holes left in fossil shells by hunters such as snails and slugs show marine predators have grown steadily…
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collection of mollusk shells

Evolution

Mollusk graveyards are time machines to oceans’ pristine past

February 28, 2017

A Florida Museum of Natural History study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems…
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shellfish species collection

Climate Change

Humans altering Adriatic ecosystems more than nature

February 13, 2015

The ecosystems of the Adriatic Sea have weathered natural climate shifts for 125,000 years, but humans could be rapidly altering…
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Donax trueloides shells

Life on Earth

Seashell loss due to tourism may have global impact

January 16, 2014

Tourism may be damaging the very destinations treasured by visitors. Global tourism has increased fourfold over the last 30 years,…
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Klompmaker examining fossil under microscope

Life on Earth

Crustaceans vulnerable as coral reefs decline

October 9, 2013

Nearly 150 million years ago, many ancient crustaceans went extinct following a massive collapse of reefs across the planet, and…
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Life on Earth

New test adds to scientists’ understanding of Earth’s history, resources

December 5, 2012

A new study co-authored by a Florida Museum researcher provides the first direct chronological test of sequence stratigraphy, a powerful…
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