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underwater caves: that’s how Brian Kakuk discovered the Bahamas
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
underwater caves: that’s how Brian Kakuk discovered the Bahamas
The Caribbean Archaeology Program was founded in 1960 by Ripley P. Bullen. The program is based around one of the largest systematic collections of pre-Columbian artifacts in North America. What the collection lacks in size is compensated for by its diversity. Contact Us For more informa
collections from sites on the islands of Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas
Florida Museum scientists publishing the first study on butterflies and moths of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station have discovered vast biodiversity in an area previously unknown to researchers. Appearing in the Bulletin of the Allyn Museum Sept. 5, the study creates a baseline for understanding h
Astraptes xagua, is only found in Cuba and Andros Island, Bahamas
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
Bold indicates graduate students, underlined are undergraduate students 2022 Lawal, RA, VL Mathis, ME Barter, JR Charette, A Garretson, and BL Dumont. 2022. Taxonomic assessment of two wild house mouse subspecies using whole-genome sequencing. Scientific Reports 12: 20866. https://doi.org/10.1038/
bats (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) from Long Island, 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.
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 relative risk of a shark attack is very small, but risks should always be minimized whenever possible in any activity. The chances of having an interaction with a shark can be reduced if one heeds the following advice: Always stay in groups since sharks are more likely to attack a solitar
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Our taste for Bahamas’ ‘most peaceable rodent’ shaped
In a new study published in PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, which they compared with genetic sequences from modern birds. Working with fossils and archaeological specimens, they showed that two species thought to be endemic to particular islands were on
isolated populations in Cuba and on a few islands in the Bahamas