They are housed in a double-walled cryogenic freezer at minus 196 degrees Celsius
They are housed in a double-walled cryogenic freezer at minus 196 degrees Celsius
A new international analysis of marine fossils shows that warming of the polar oceans during the Eocene, a greenhouse period that provides a glimpse of Earth’s potential future climate, was greater than previously thought. By studying the chemical composition of fossilized foraminifera, tiny sing
and the epoch kicked off with a global average temperature more than 8 degrees Celsius
A new study by researchers from five institutions including the University of Florida introduces the first method to directly measure body temperatures of extinct vertebrates and help reconstruct temperatures of ancient environments. The study, appearing in this week’s online early edition of Pro
all mammals, are warm-blooded, and their tooth enamel forms at about 37 degrees Celsius
Sea turtles lack sex chromosomes! Learn how climate change may be impacting sex ratios in wild populations and what that means for the future of sea turtles.
that, on average, eggs that incubate below 81.86 degrees Fahrenheit (27.7 degrees Celsius
Pamela Soltis, a curator and distinguished professor of molecular systematics and evolutionary genetics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the museum’s Genetic Resource Repository, including its history and impact on research. Soltis, who also is a member of the UF Genetics Institut
approximately 321 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, or about 196 degrees below zero Celsius
The discovery that many Caribbean corals are only distantly related to their counterparts in the Pacific Ocean makes the threats of pollution and global warming trends even more serious, says Florida Museum of Natural History Malacology Curator Gustav Paulay. Paulay, a member of the team that mad
A summer ocean temperature increase of as little as a single degree Celsius – about
Sclerochronology is the study of astronomical cycles recorded in the hard tissues of organisms such as the shells of mollusks and corals or the teeth and horns of mammals. It is analogous to dendrochronology, the study of annual rings in trees. Sclerochronology comes from the Greek word ’skleros‘ me
indicate that during this time interval seawater temperatures were around 3.5 degrees Celsius
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the National Science Foundation this month. Awards were distributed to faculty members in archaeology, vertebrate paleontology, Lepidoptera, biodiversity info
Roughly 56 million years ago, temperatures abruptly rose by as much as 8 degrees Celsius
Centropristis striata Not only do these fish have four color phases before they become a gray-brown to black, they also start as females and then change to males later in their lives. These stout, almond-shaped fish have pointed snouts, large eyes, and rounded fins, and they are mostly covered in
Hatching occurs after about 75 hours in water temperatures of 16 degrees Celsius.
Scomberomorus maculatus These torpedo-shaped fish have a long, sleek build with a crescent shaped caudal (tail) fin, ideal for speed and maneuverability. They are blue-green from above, and silvery pale all over, with brassy brown oblong spots on their sides. They school at the surface of warm co
has been documented to occur within 25 hours at 79 degrees Fahrenheit (26 degrees Celsius
