According to a well-studied but controversial principle known as Bergmann’s Rule, species tend to be larger in cold climates and smaller in warm ones. As human impacts heat the planet, will animals shrink over time? To test this, a new study, published today in Scientific Reports, analyzed 70 yea
Exhibit Press Kits Climate Change Mice are
Have you noticed more energy buzzing through the Museum the last couple of weeks? That energizing current is being generated by our new corps of Junior Volunteers! This summer 110 JVs will be serving the Museum as camp teacher assistants, Discovery Cart attendants, exhibit docents and Discovery Room
Volunteer Your Time Volunteers JVs are
Carol and Bill Sewell started volunteering at the Montbrook dig site on December 7, 2016. Altogether, Carol dug at the Montbrook Site for a total of 116 different days compiling 630 hours. She collected, either by herself or with others (most often, but not always, with Bill), hundreds of fossils at
Volunteer Your Time Support Volunteers are
A new study shows urbanization is causing many mammal species to grow bigger, possibly because of readily available food in places packed with people. The finding runs counter to many scientists‘ hypothesis that cities would trigger mammals to get smaller over time. Buildings and roads trap and r
Exhibit Press Kits Climate Change Cities are
There have been two primary reasons for the decline of the smalltooth populations: bycatch in various commercial and recreational fisheries along with habitat loss and degradation. Since the U.S. smalltooth sawfish population was listed as endangered in 2003, these threats greatly decreased (some o
Sawfish Conservation & Research Why are
Each night, dramatic aerial battles are waged above
Evolution Moths with larger hindwings and longer tails are
Caecilians are an elusive type of amphibian that primarily
Press Kits Life on Earth Wormlike animals are
The findings are based on CT scans and a new evolutionary
Skeletal study suggests at least 11 fish species are
Seagrasses are not „true“ grasses. – Seagrasses are found in shallow coastal waters Seagrasses – important habitat for marine organisms Seagrasses are – There are over 50 temperate and tropical species of
Gill, Florida National Marine Sanctuary Seagrasses are
Sloughs are main routes of moving water through the – Hydroperiods are approximately 11 months Shark River – Slough and Taylor Slough are two main sloughs within – The deepest marsh habitats within the Everglades are
Resources Florida Museum Fish Collection Sloughs are
