Early North Americans lived with extinct giant beasts
A new Florida Museum study that determined the age of skeletal remains provides evidence humans reached the Western Hemisphere during…
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Coastal forests retreat as sea levels rise
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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Science fair winner publishes new study on butterfly foraging behavior
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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Unlocking genetic data of rediscovered ‘hidden’ native Florida plant
In 1947, a small package containing an unknown plant specimen arrived at the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium. For…
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Using tree-ring data to test climate events
The events were depicted in ancient Mesoamerican codex In ancient Mesoamerica, as the Aztec calendar predicted the end of the…
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Researching 6,000 years of history in the Bahamas
The field of restoration ecology, in which native flora and fauna are re-established to create more sustainable environments, is taking…
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Genetic analysis of hybrid plants may have evolutionary consequences
For morning drivers on the roadways of the northwestern U.S., an innocuous purple or yellow flower similar to a daisy…
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Hellbender salamander study seeks answers for global amphibian decline
A new study co-authored by University of Florida researchers on the endangered Ozark Hellbender giant salamander is the first to…
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Evidence of mimicry in caterpillars documented
About 150 years ago, Henry Walter Bates described mimicry based on his observations of adult butterflies in the Amazon, contributing…
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Florida’s Gulf Coast Marine Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology curator Gustav Paulay discusses his mission to fully document the marine biodiversity of…
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