Researchers discover oldest evidence of nails in modern primates
From hot pink to traditional French and Lady Gaga’s sophisticated designs, manicured nails have become the grammar of fashion. But…
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Labidolemur kayi: Bizarre Extinct Mammal
Meet Jonathan Bloch, Florida Museum associate curator of vertebrate paleontology, as he presents new fossil evidence of an exceptionally well-preserved…
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Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History
The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000…
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Fossil bird study describes ripple effect of extinction in animal kingdom
A new study demonstrates extinction’s ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led…
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Fossil-digging volunteers strengthen Museum collections
For a few weeks each year, dozens of people stop their everyday activities to put on clothes they don’t mind…
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New understanding of bizarre extinct mammal
For more than 100 years, scientists have debated the relationships of a bizarre family of extinct mammals called apatemyids. Distinguished…
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Exploring north Florida rivers for ice age tusks
This video takes viewers on location to the Aucilla River in northwest Florida where Museum scientists search underwater for mammoth…
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Ancient global warming resulted in carnivorous mammal’s evolution
About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida…
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Megalodon shark nursery discovered
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers have discovered a 10-million-year-old Neotropical nursery area for the extinct megalodon shark in Panama,…
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New study first to directly measure body temperatures of extinct species
A new study by researchers from five institutions including the University of Florida introduces the first method to directly measure body temperatures…
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