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sinkhole overhead

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Fossils from Bahamian Blue Hole may give clues to early life

May 1, 2008

Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida’s coast and left…
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hummingbird fossils

Evolution

Hunting fossil hummingbirds in Florida

March 1, 2008

Birders in Florida may get a thrill when they spy a ruby-throated hummingbird flitting through their backyard — after all,…
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discovering fossils

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Fossils offer clues to North Florida’s past

December 1, 2007

In a limestone quarry near Newberry, Fla., paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History are scrambling to…
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murky coral reef close up view

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Racing to survey coral reefs

July 1, 2007

Around the globe,scientists are ringing alarm bells about coral bleaching—when corals expel their symbiotic, food-producing algae due to heat stress,…
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finding fossils

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Bountiful harvest

September 1, 2006

As they plowed a pasture in the spring of 2001 to plant peanuts, Bruce and Allan Tyner of Newberry looked…
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fossil slab

Evolution

The oldest land in Florida

January 1, 2006

Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson were experts at solving mysteries. Holmes, it is said, could make use of…
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archaeology site

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Along the perimeter fence: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

July 1, 2005

The Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the oldest U.S. military installation on foreign soil. It was established at…
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pollen in microscope

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Pollen counts at the Florida Museum are nothing to sneeze at

April 1, 2005

Gesundheit! Bless You! Approximately 41 million Americans suffer from allergies caused by pollen and mold spores. These allergies, grouped under…
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ship wake on the ocean

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Shark research program surfaces valuable information

February 1, 2005

The Florida Program for Shark Research, directed by the Florida Museum of Natural History’s George H. Burgess, is one of…
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Fossil tortoise image

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White River Badlands: prospecting for ancient tortoise fossils

October 1, 2004

Drying waterholes, baked brown grasses, and the ever-blowing hot wind greeted us, as my wife Shelley and I pushed our…
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