Lost and found?
Every so often scientists discover a plant or animal that was thought to be extinct. A dramatic example is the…
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The oldest land in Florida
Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson were experts at solving mysteries. Holmes, it is said, could make use of…
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Big-game hunters, not climate change, killed off sloths
Prehistoric big game hunters and not the last ice age are the likely culprits in the extinction of giant ground…
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Validity of DNA ID tool measured using marine snails
A trendy holiday gift within a decade may be a hand-held device that instantly identifies any species from a snippet…
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Global warming dramatically changed ancient forests
Palmettos in Pennsylvania? Magnolias in Minnesota? The migration of subtropical plants to northern climates may not be too far-fetched if…
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Discovery raises questions about origin of African mammals
“Into Africa” rather than “Out of Africa” could well be the better description of how certain mammals originated and spread…
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Archaeologists uncover little-known chapter in US history
Few people today are aware that a century and a half before there was a San Francisco in California, a…
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Ideas about fossil horses undergo evolution in thinking
The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be, says a Florida Museum of Natural History researcher whose…
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Frolicking bears and other oddities
Several years ago a University of Florida librarian handed me a copy of a recently donated 1873 newspaper article taken…
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The astonishing Monarch
Imagine walking into a towering cathedral draped with million-faceted curtains of orange-gold and black, shimmering in the morning sunlight. Then…
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