Isthmus of Panama formed as result of plate tectonics
Contrary to previous evidence, a new Florida Museum of Natural History study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely…
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The Andes’ Mountainous Paradox: So tall, so young
When asked if mountains grow slowly and steadily versus in rapid spurts, most people intuitively gravitate to the “slow and…
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Study sheds light on invasive iguana’s big appetite
When it comes to invasive species in South Florida, the black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, holds its own. The Central American…
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Shark attacks decline worldwide in midst of economic recession
The recession may be responsible for a slump of a different sort: an unexpected dive in shark attacks, says a…
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Non-native reforestation brings risk of hybridization in Andes
Far up in the Ecuadorian Andes, human encroachment is steadily overtaking Polylepis forests, a distinctive and ecologically important feature of…
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Study counters ideas about Mayan elite craftworks
It’s easy to get carried away romanticizing the cushy lives of the fabulously wealthy, even those who lived in exotic…
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Peruvian mummy lice may give clues about human migration
Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of…
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Mother Sea Turtle
An archaeological site in the Caribbean provides prehistoric evidence of overhunting green sea turtles. The Cayman Islands, just south of…
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Bone collectors and sacred trash
To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself….
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Conserving Florida’s smalltooth sawfish
Globally, nearly all sawfish species are declining largely due to coastal habitat threats and over-fishing, but dwindling northern populations of…
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