Fossils from Bahamian Blue Hole may give clues to early life
Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida’s coast and left…Read More
Hunting fossil hummingbirds in Florida
Birders in Florida may get a thrill when they spy a ruby-throated hummingbird flitting through their backyard — after all,…Read More
Fossils offer clues to North Florida’s past
In a limestone quarry near Newberry, Fla., paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History are scrambling to…Read More
Racing to survey coral reefs
Around the globe,scientists are ringing alarm bells about coral bleaching—when corals expel their symbiotic, food-producing algae due to heat stress,…Read More
Bountiful harvest
As they plowed a pasture in the spring of 2001 to plant peanuts, Bruce and Allan Tyner of Newberry looked…Read More
The oldest land in Florida
Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson were experts at solving mysteries. Holmes, it is said, could make use of…Read More
Along the perimeter fence: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
The Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is the oldest U.S. military installation on foreign soil. It was established at…Read More
Pollen counts at the Florida Museum are nothing to sneeze at
Gesundheit! Bless You! Approximately 41 million Americans suffer from allergies caused by pollen and mold spores. These allergies, grouped under…Read More
Shark research program surfaces valuable information
The Florida Program for Shark Research, directed by the Florida Museum of Natural History’s George H. Burgess, is one of…Read More
White River Badlands: prospecting for ancient tortoise fossils
Drying waterholes, baked brown grasses, and the ever-blowing hot wind greeted us, as my wife Shelley and I pushed our…Read More