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Florida Museum Science

Life on Earth

surface lines of a clam shell

Collections

Sclerochronology: Playing back the recordings of life

March 1, 2006

Sclerochronology is the study of astronomical cycles recorded in the hard tissues of organisms such as the shells of mollusks…Read More

sloth fossil in museum exhibit

Life on Earth

Big-game hunters, not climate change, killed off sloths

December 1, 2005

Prehistoric big game hunters and not the last ice age are the likely culprits in the extinction of giant ground…Read More

rippled edge of a cowrie shell opening

Life on Earth

Validity of DNA ID tool measured using marine snails

November 28, 2005

A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet…Read More

fossil leaf

Climate Change

Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests

November 10, 2005

Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if…Read More

Monarchs in flight

Life on Earth

The astonishing Monarch

May 1, 2005

Imagine walking into a towering cathedral draped with million-faceted curtains of orange-gold and black, shimmering in the morning sunlight. Then…Read More

pollen in microscope

Life on Earth

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…Read More

rain falling on a roadway

Life on Earth

Heavy rains lead to toad, frog population explosion

March 1, 2005

Four hurricanes visited Florida in 2004: Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Charley crossed the southern peninsula from southwest to northeast….Read More

ship wake on the ocean

Life on Earth

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…Read More

Fossil tortoise image

Fieldwork

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…Read More

dark fish laying on large yellow hard coral

Life on Earth

Atlantic corals unique, cannot be replaced if lost

September 1, 2004

The discovery that many Caribbean corals are only distantly related to their counterparts in the Pacific Ocean makes the threats…Read More

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