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Florida scientists have tagged a deep-sea shark from a submersible, a historic first that took three expeditions, more than 2,000 pounds of bait, custom-built spear guns and over a dozen tries. After multiple attempts were scuppered by bad weather, misfiring spear guns, an interloping grouper and
embarked on a deep-sea expedition led by Grubbs in the Bahamas

Shark attacks were unusually low for the second year running, with 64 unprovoked bites in 2019, according to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. The total was roughly in line with 2018’s 62 bites and about 22% lower than the most recent five-year average of 82 incidents a ye
Two of the bites, one in Reunion and one in the Bahamas

Bar Jack Caranx ruber The bar jack is a classically almond-shaped silvery fish with greyish-blue tints to it. It looks like other jacks, but gets its name from the distinguishing dark bar that runs down its back and into its caudal fin (tail), usually accompanied by a bright blue stripe. The
Importance to Humans Bar jacks in the Bahamas.

from the Florida Museum of Natural History
News Evolution Evolution Ocean channel in Bahamas

Scientists have recovered the first genetic data from an extinct bird in the Caribbean, thanks to the remarkably preserved bones of a Creighton’s caracara from a flooded sinkhole on Great Abaco Island. Studies of ancient DNA from tropical birds have faced two formidable obstacles. Organic materia
that disappeared soon after humans arrived in the Bahamas

With some 7,000 islands and cays and a 7,000-year history of human habitation, the Caribbean Sea is practically synonymous with maritime travel. The very word “canoe” is derived from the term “kana:wa,” used by the Indigenous Arawakans of the Caribbean to describe their dugout vessels. Without cl
pottery artifacts from the Lucayan Islands — The Bahamas

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on Earth in 2017. To mark the closing of an era and the beginning of a new century, UF News profiled three Florida Museum women who are shaping the research institution’s future
takes her to locations ranging from caves in the Bahamas

Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800 352-273-1933 lott@flmnh.ufl.edu Collections Genetic Resources Repository Paleobotany Education B.S. in Botany, Post-baccalaureate and Tropical Botany studies, University of Florida
Research Interests Flora studies of Florida, the Bahamas

Cero Mackerel Scomberomorus regalis This solitary torpedo-shaped fish is streamlined and strong, with finlets running between the prominent second dorsal and anal fins, and the crescent caudal (tail) fin. It is a green-blue from above, and mostly silvery white except for brassy spots and str
lines throughout the Caribbean, especially in the Bahamas

Gulf of Mexico Pygmy Skate Fenestraja sinusmexicanus This deep-water, bottom-dwelling skate has a heart-shaped pectoral disc that is reddish brown to purple on top and pale yellowish underneath. There are several rows of thorns around the edge of the pectoral fins and down the spine of the s
limited to the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and the Bahamas