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Florida Museum Science

Sawfish

Burgess with shark specimen jars

Profiles

Former shark program director Burgess retires, will focus on research

February 5, 2018

Throughout his more than 40-year career at the University of Florida, George Burgess gained an international reputation with the media…Read More

sawfish in the wild

Five Facts

Five Facts: Sawfishes in Florida

October 16, 2017

Sawfishes live in coastal tropical and subtropical waters, including estuaries and river systems. Once ranging from New York to Texas,…Read More

A sawfish swims near a boat of researchers

Life on Earth

Museum receives $24,000 from Disney to support sawfish conservation

October 2, 2012

Researchers at the Florida Museum recently received $24,000 from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund to continue studying the endangered smalltooth…Read More

Sawfish fin tagging

Fieldwork

Record number of endangered sawfish tagged

April 24, 2012

Scientists studying marine animals at the Florida Museum of Natural History seem to be living the high life, heading to…Read More

Save the sawfish effort, video screen shot

Life on Earth

The joint effort to save sawfish (Watch)

March 4, 2011

Hear the International Sawfish Encounter Database‘s George Burgess, renowned marine wildlife artist Guy Harvey and Chris Peterson of Hell’s Bay…Read More

An aerial shot of ocean water

Life on Earth

Gulf oil spill threatens toothy marine predator that is cultural and historic icon

May 27, 2010

The BP oil blowout in the Gulf of Mexico threatens the existence of a critically endangered sawfish and its relative…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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