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Sawfish photographed from above, with a clear view of its upper saw rising above the water line.

Fieldwork

Sawfish tagged in Cedar Key for first time in decades

July 10, 2023

In 2003, smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) had the unenviable distinction of being the first native marine fish listed under the…Read More

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Fieldwork

Paleontologists discover elephant graveyard in North Florida

May 30, 2023

About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near…Read More

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Community Science

Notes From Nature celebrates 10 years of community science

May 2, 2023

There are more than 1,000 natural history museums around the world, each tasked with studying and preserving a portion of…Read More

Person stands next to a table stacked with boxes of butterfly specimens one hand resting on the glass of lid of a box. Behind him are rows of shelves with more specimen drawers

Collections

Endowment brings influx of expertise to the McGuire Center

February 15, 2023

Early in 2022, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity launched its first travel award program for visiting researchers. A…Read More

TESI logo of a planet with earth, ocean, a leaf, and air

News in Brief

Ennead Architects selected for Powell Hall building expansion

October 18, 2022

Ennead Architects, a New York City-based firm that specializes in transformative design for public institutions, has been selected to lead…Read More

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News in Brief

The Florida Museum of Natural History opens state-of-the-art collections building

October 6, 2022

The Florida Museum of Natural History is expanding this month with the opening of a state-of-the-art special collections building on…Read More

a bee with lots of pollen is flying towards a tuft of soft pink flowers

Five Facts

Five Facts: Bees in Florida

August 5, 2022

While we often think of bees as fuzzy, black and yellow-striped buzzy insects that live in hives like the honey…Read More

Tortoise shell on a black background

Cultural Heritage

Crawling out of history: The Grand Turk tortoise

April 25, 2022

My Hero by Billy Collins Just as the hare is zipping across the finish line, the tortoise has stopped once…Read More

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News in Brief

Audubon Christmas Bird Count concludes in North Florida with familiar faces, first-timers and shifting migrations

January 14, 2022

The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count concluded last week with volunteers tallying bird sightings in 28 countries throughout North, Central…Read More

Taíno sisters and a child mold clay to make pottery and knead cassava dough for bread

Cultural Heritage

Clear as mud: The origins of early pottery in the Lucayan Islands

January 11, 2022

In our last “Talking Taino” we described a variety of ways that meals were prepared without clay pots. The invention…Read More

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