There’s something fishy going on with great white sharks that scientists can’t explain
Key points White sharks exhibit stark differences between the DNA in their nuclei and the DNA in their mitochondria. Until…
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Genome sequencing of butterflies resolves centuries-old conundrum
When conditions are just right, organisms can undergo rapid bursts of diversification, and what starts out as one species can…
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World’s soft coral diversity retains signature of an ancient, vanished sea
It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live…
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UF study traces complex history of the strawberry
If you eat fruits or vegetables, how often do you think about their history? Former University of Florida post-doctoral researcher…
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100 new ribbon worm species and counting
Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue whale. Some of them come in…
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Paper addresses natural history collections’ role in pandemic preparedness
Natural history collections contain information needed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disease outbreaks that could turn into a…
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New study examines informal educators’ self-efficacy in facilitating youth civic engagement for the environment
A new article investigating the self-efficacy of informal educators in leading youth civic engagement projects has been published in the…
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Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane,…
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Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida’s largest remaining seagrass bed
The seagrass is greener along Florida’s Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine…
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A plant you’ve never heard of can do what scientists once thought impossible
About 3.7 billion years ago, a string of naturally occurring molecules — the same kind that astronomers have found in…
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