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Cultural Heritage

Earliest use of Mexican turkeys by ancient Maya

September 14, 2012

As a University of Florida graduate student, one of Erin Thornton’s first assignments was to identify turkey bones from an…
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Close-up of cusk-eel under microscope

Life on Earth

Researchers name new cusk-eels useful for understanding environment

September 10, 2012

A study by University of Florida and University of Kansas researchers describing eight new cusk-eel species provides data for better…
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A blue and black butterfly clinging to a plant

Fieldwork

Guantanamo Bay Lepidoptera study sets baseline for future research

September 6, 2012

Florida Museum scientists publishing the first study on butterflies and moths of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station have discovered vast biodiversity…
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Five researchers cutting into the stomach of a python

Florida Biodiversity

State record: 87 eggs in largest python from Everglades

August 13, 2012

Researchers curating a 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python, the largest found in Florida, discovered 87 eggs in the snake, also a state…
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student measuring fossils

Evolution

New ancient camels from Panama Canal excavation named

August 1, 2012

When it comes to camels, it’s difficult not to think of the Old World depicted through Arabian Nights – Bedouin…
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fancy case caterpillar

Life on Earth

New endemic species discovered in disturbed habitats of Hawaii

July 1, 2012

On the Hawaiian Islands, where isolated, vulnerable pieces of land are surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean, habitat destruction…
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modern horse versus early horse

Evolution

Earliest horses show past global warming affected mammal body size

June 1, 2012

These days, climate change is a hot topic. What will happen as temperatures rise more rapidly than humans have documented…
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Two researchers look over a fossil

Cultural Heritage

Early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts

May 3, 2012

A new Florida Museum study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during…
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Cedar Key wetlands view with sky

Climate Change

Coastal forests retreat as sea levels rise

May 1, 2012

That sea levels are rising is hardly new news–they have been doing so since the end of the last major…
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clipper butterfly resting on pages of a notebook

Life on Earth

Science fair winner publishes new study on butterfly foraging behavior

April 30, 2012

University of Florida lepidopterist Andrei Sourakov has spent his life’s work studying moths and butterflies. But it was his teenage…
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