Lepisosteus platyrhincus These are the smaller fish in the gar family, growing to about 34 inches on average. They inhabit the streams and lakes of Florida and lower Georgia, preferring muddy bottoms and vegetation to ambush prey. Their small fins are set far back on their elongated torpedo-shape
They often congregate in spring-fed rivers of Florida.
In 1492, Columbus built a small fort near what is today the town of La Vega in the central Dominican Republic. It was intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and aft
The Aljibe (water cistern) fed by mountain streams and the source for the aqueduct
Sharks are important predators in the marine world. They have a reputation as bloodthirsty killing machines, but this view is distorted. Sharks are not unique in consuming animals. For example, humans are predators, eating cattle, pigs, chickens, fish, and other creatures. As apex (top) and
sharks may bite a person by mistake during the frenzy for food, and habitually fed
Bothus ocellatus This flat fish spends most of its time laying in the sea bottom on its right side, adjusting its coloring to match its surrounding area. Although they all start out like normal fish, with one eye on either side of their heads, their right eyes migrate to the left side as they mat
Young flounders are fed upon by crabs, shrimps, and other fish while juvenile and
Mobula hypostoma This smaller eagle ray looks like its cousins, with its diamond-shaped pectoral disc that is twice as wide as it is long, and its dark gray black top and ivory white underside. But the Atlantic devil ray is smaller, growing to only about 48 inches wide, and its long tail lacks a
In one reported observation, a female carried a single embryo, which initially fed
Most of what we know about Mayan civilization relates to kings, queens and their elaborate temples. To understand what life was like for the 99 percent, one researcher turned to ancient animal bones stored at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Ashley Sharpe, a doctoral student at the museum o
suggesting residents primarily relied on nearby forests, including the deer that fed
Mobula hypostoma This smaller eagle ray looks like its cousins, with its diamond-shaped pectoral disc that is twice as wide as it is long, and its dark gray black top and ivory white underside. But the Atlantic devil ray is smaller, growing to only about 48 inches wide, and its long tail lacks a
In one reported observation, a female carried a single embryo, which initially fed
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
sharks and tunas as well as bottlenose dolphins while larvae and juveniles are fed
Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night – or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated. A new Florida Museum of Natural History study offers the first comprehensive overview of the surprisingly complex question of when butterflies and moths are act
evolutionary tree of Lepidoptera, the order that includes butterflies and moths, and fed
Taming a wild plant may not sound too ominous, unless you are a tiny moth and the plant is 8 feet tall and poisonous. Lepidopterist Andrei Sourakov with the Florida Museum of Natural History has been studying ornate bella moths, Utetheisa ornatrix, since 2010. His March 2015 study appearing in th
“The moth has always fed on native species of Crotalaria,� said Sourakov, showing
