International Gator Day is a day when alumni and friends of the University of Florida come together to volunteer. Each year on the third Saturday of May, Gators worldwide join forces to volunteer in their communities. Gator Clubs from Key West to New York to Seattle to Japan and beyond part
size of the Gator Nation to help organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, food banks
One of the most amazing phenomena in nature is the annual migration of millions of Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, southward from their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains to overwintering sites in the mountains of southern Mexico.
millions of butterflies will take flight from the roosts and sail to nearby stream banks
One of the most amazing phenomena in nature is the annual migration of millions of Monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, southward from their breeding grounds in the United States and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains to overwintering sites in the mountains of southern Mexico.
millions of butterflies will take flight from the roosts and sail to nearby stream banks
Surprisingly, the cooler days of winter offer a perfect opportunity to see the butterflies the Butterfly Rainforest. While wandering through the lush jungle, our exhibit keeper Ingrith spotted many species  of butterflies enjoying the ripe fruit of a monstera plant. The cool days are a great
We have large, brightly colors fish and you may spot the turtles along be stream banks
About 5 to 5.5 million years ago (latest Miocene – earliest Pliocene) the area of the Montbrook fossil dig site in eastern Levy County, Florida was a freshwater ecosystem teeming with fish, amphibians, snakes, turtles, alligators, and water birds. The majority of the fossils found at the site are f
Photo by Steve Newborn/ WUSF News Living along the banks and on the floodplain of
Peace River 3A University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality DE015 Location In channel of Peace River about 1 mile northwest of Nocatee, DeSoto County, Florida; 27.17° N, 81.90° W. Age Late Pleistocene Epoch; Rancholabrean land mammal age About 11,000 to 20,000 years old (estimate
Discussion Although fossil vertebrates have been collected from the bed and banks
Eocene Epoch 55 million to 34 million years ago During this period, lush tropical forests blanketed much of the world’s landmasses and oceans were generally warmer than today. Florida was underwater with a rich mosaic of shallow and deeper water habitats on a submerged limestone platform. The
Tropical ocean currents bathed the carbonate banks marine habitats.
Collecting in the field can run the gamut from spending a beautiful day walking along a pristine river to being shot at for getting too close to protected land. Randy Singer treasures his experiences working in the field in Southeast Asia as much as he values the resulting data collected. And when h
But the team spirit always prevails—unless teamwork means standing on the banks
Unsure of what name to give this new fossil site and with no special preference from the owners of the property, Vertebrate Paleontology’s Collection Manager, Richard Hulbert, began looking into the history of the area for anything interesting. He soon discovered an old line-drawn Florida Highway ma
Ambler, who was a lumber and timber baron and banker from Jacksonville.
Faunal list Abbreviations and symbols: sp. = species (singular); spp. = species (plural); cf. = compares to (used for a provisional identification); aff. = affinity (for an even more provisional identification than cf.); †= an extinct taxon. Get involved to help us add to this list!
were originally preserved in older sedimentary deposits, then eroded out of the banks
