Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane,…
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Underwater fossil bed discovered by collectors preserves rare slice of Florida’s past
About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida’s Big Bend region…
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Florida fossil porcupine solves a prickly dilemma 10-million years in the making
There’s a longstanding debate simmering among biologists who study porcupines. There are 16 porcupine species in Central and South America,…
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Paleontologists discover elephant graveyard in North Florida
About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near…
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Rachel Narducci takes on new role as vertebrate paleontology collections manager
Like many children, Rachel Narducci gained a love and appreciation of dinosaurs from the movie “Jurassic Park.” Unlike most kids…
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Florida Museum doctoral student receives NSF graduate fellowship
Florida Museum of Natural History doctoral student Rachel Narducci was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Narducci,…
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Calling aspiring fossil hunters: Levy County excavation opens to volunteers Oct. 5
Volunteers can channel their inner paleontologist by digging alongside museum scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Montbrook fossil…
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