The water surrounding Florida is a graveyard for thousands of ships — casualties of shifting sands, coral reefs, and treacherous hurricanes. Today, these shipwrecks are time capsules that reflect the history of maritime trade, colonial expansion by sea, and the changing fortunes of European powers i
New Bedford Whaling Museum In the Spanish colonial period, ships heading back to Europe
Atractosteus spatula These elongated torpedo-shaped ‚living fossils‘ have long, broad snouts with two rows of sharp teeth in their mouths. Their scales are heavy and overlapping like chain mail, and their small fins are set far back near their abbreviated, irregular caudal (tail) fin. They genera
The IUCN is a global union of states, governmental agencies, and non-governmental
Curator of Paleobotany Florida Museum of Natural History Adjunct Professor Department of Biology University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Ph. 352 273 1935 Home ph. 352 335-6343 Email: steven@flmnh.ufl.edu Education B.S. Botany, with honors, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 19
Paleocene and Eocene floras of western North America, central Europe and eastern
Astronotus ocellatus These fresh water cichlids prefer slow-moving water with sunken branches and logs to hide behind. They’re usually a gray-brown to olive green mottle of colors, with an orange-ringed black ‚eye‘ spot (or two) at the tail to confuse predators. These stocky, oval fish form breed
Survey/Leo Nico The oscar is a very popular aquarium fish in North America and Europe
In 1565 a fleet of Spanish ships led by Pedro Menéndez de Aviles established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida. After a difficult first decade of conflict with the local Timucua Indians, the city established itself as the capital of Spani
In 1821 Florida became an American territory, and entered the Union as a State in
Conservation-Oriented References on Sharks compiled by: George H. Burgess Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Applegate, S.P., Soltelo-Macias, F. and Espinosa-Arrubarrena, L. 1993. An overview of Mexican shark fisheries, with suggestions for shark
Shark Fisheries and Trade in Europe, pp. 457-604.
The following is a reverse chronological listing of 395 known publications in which Florida Museum of Natural History paleobotanical and palynological specimens are cited or figured. From 1965 to 1989, most specimens are cited with the prefix IU (collection of Indiana University, Bloomington, India
The Paleocene Horse Creek florule, Tongue River Member of the Fort Union Formation
The University of Florida Herbarium maintains a non-circulating reference library of publications pertinent to the naming and classification of vascular plants (plant taxonomy and nomenclature). The literature in this collection contains descriptions, geographical ranges and keys for differentiatin
S62 South Georgia .S68 South Orkney Islands .T74 Tristan da Cunha Islands 281 Europe
Until a time machine is invented, fossils represent the only information we have about extinct animals. The information contained in fossils can be developed and enhanced by proper preparation techniques. This information can also be preserved for future generations through proper conservation and
Museums in the U.S. and Europe stick with a few tried and true consolidants which
Updated and edited by Roger W. Portell The following bibliography represents a selection of peer-reviewed contributions by present and former staff of the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville. Citations are not necessarily in order by date published and do not repre
Inflorescence bracts of fossil and extant Tilia in North America, Europe and Asia
