Dalatias licha This blunt-faced shark has small, lobed fins and large eyes, best suited for its deep-water habitat. Normally it scavenges for small fish and crustaceans, but its top teeth are sharp and curve inward for grabbing, and its bottom teeth are straight and serrated for cutting, making i
for the kitefin shark The distribution of the kitefin shark ranges from Georges Bank
Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch pollen; suck blood; and prey on frogs, birds, lizards and even other bats. T
After the work crews used dynamite to blow apart sections of the bank, researchers
More than three centuries before initiatives to increase the number of women in STEM fields, 52-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian sailed across the Atlantic on a largely self-funded scientific expedition to document the animals and plants of Dutch Suriname. Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was a profe
And she did it so beautifully.â€� Germany’s 500 DM bank note was embellished with
Last week, Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. She replaces retired curator David Steadman, who held the position between 1995 and 2021. Del-Rio was raised in São Paulo, Brazil, a sprawling urban complex with high-ri
“It’d be the first cell culture bank in any museum, and it’s something we could
Ictalurus punctatus This is North America’s most popular and populated catfish, residing in lakes, rivers, swamps and even high up in estuaries with lower salinity. Channel catfish have a varied diet, and have the largest eyes in the catfish family, as well as specialized taste buds all over thei
someone travels the edge of a river or a lake in search of holes and crevices in the bank
Archosargus probatocephalus This flat, oval fish has dorsal and anal fins that are rounded towards the slightly forked caudal (tail) fin, and its greenish-silver body is striped with five or six dark vertical bars. It grows to almost 30 inches and 22 pounds eating invertebrates, small vertebrates
coast; A. p. oviceps in the Gulf of Mexico from St Marks, Florida to the Campeche Bank
Sloths and howler monkeys, night hikes exploring the forest floor with frog experts and tropical birds galore – this is not your typical summer camp. Yes, you’ll need sunscreen, and there’ll be bugs, but you’ll be deep in the rainforests of Costa Rica. The Costa Rica Family Rainforest Camp
The camp, based at the Selva Verde Lodge in Sarapiqui, is nestled on the bank of
Millennium Park University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Localities PI018 and PI028 Location The site is located within the boundaries of Boca Ciega Millennium Park, Seminole, Pinellas County County, Florida. 27.83º N; 82.81º W. Age Latest Pleistocene Epoch; late Rancholabrean land mamma
In situ fossils exposed by digging into the bank of the stream in 2007.
Metaxytherium floridanum Quick Facts Common Name: Florida sea cow Fossil dugongs are the most common mammal fossils found in Florida, and of the several known species, Metaxytherium floridanum is probably the most abundant. Most individuals of Metaxytherium floridanum lived entirely in the
phosphate mines of Polk County, but also an exquisite skeleton was found in the bank
Kajikia albida White marlin are the smaller of the billfish, reaching just over 9 feet and 180 pounds. They have a slender bill and their first dorsal fin is high but lobed rather than pointed like the similar blue marlins. They are dark blue on top and silver white with brown spots below, and th
North Atlantic, spawning grounds have been identified northeast of Little Bahama Bank
