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Now Available for Download Displayed at the Florida Museum from 2019 to 2020, this exhibition highlights research on edible insects as a sustainable source of protein for people. Compare the environmental footprint of a cricket to traditional protein sources such as beef, pork and chicken. Learn ab
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Now Available for Download Displayed at the Florida Museum in 2020, this exhibition offers a scientific overview of Florida’s trademark weather phenomena including information on their formation, naming, categories, and hurricane seasons around the world. Charts and graphics illustrate the facts ab
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Now Available for Download Displayed at the Florida Museum in 2016, this exhibition highlights research on Earth’s increasing sea level rise – largely in response to climate change. Learn about the science behind sea level rise and the special challenges Florida faces. Discover current University o
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Common Guitarfish Rhinobatos rhinobatos Guitarfish seem to be somewhere between sharks and rays, with an elongated tubular body and fins on the torso and tail, and a wide, flat pectoral disc at their head. This guitarfish grows to around 55 to 64 inches long, and is chocolate brown on top an
eastern Atlantic from the southern Bay of Biscay to Angola
Roughtail Stingray Dasyatis centroura This is the largest of the whip-tail stingrays, growing over 7 feet wide and more than 660 pounds. Its diamond-shaped disc is dark brown or olive above and almost white below. The tail is black, and can be two and a half times the length of its body. Cau
Atlantic it occurs from the southern Bay of Biscay to Angola
Milk Shark Rhizoprionodon acutus This small requiem shark has the typical coloring of grey on top and white underneath, and grows to a slender 5 to 5.5 feet long. It has a distinctly pointed snout and large eyes. It is an abundant in-shore shark that is popular for subsistence and commercial
Atlantic Ocean from Madeira and Mauritania south to Angola
Common Torpedo Torpedo torpedo This small torpedo has an oval pectoral disc with a straight edge at the very front, an elongated body with rounded pelvic fins, and two small dorsal fins set back on its stout tail near its triangular caudal (tail) fin. It is white underneath, and reddish brow
Bay of Biscay and throughout the Mediterranean to Angola
Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis This small, flat, oval shaped reef fish has five distinct black bars on its sides. While in sandy areas and over reefs, it is in its light phase, generally silvery gray with a yellow sheen along its upper sides; and when hiding in a cave or crevice, it ente
along the tropical coast of western Africa, south to Angola
Queen Triggerfish Balistes vetula These colorful, oval-shaped fish are popular aquarium attractions. They can dart into crevasses when threatened, and lock their dorsal fin in place to prevent predators from pulling them out. They also can produce an audible warning from special membra
Cape Verde, and Azores, ranging south to southern Angola
Cookiecutter Shark Isistius brasiliensis This small, cigar-shaped shark is dark brown on top and light on the underside, with a darker band around its neck. The light underside glows, attracting fish, whales, and sharks. It attaches itself to the prey and uses its serrated bottom teeth to cu
from Cape Verde, Guinea to Sierra Leone, southern Angola
