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New Smyrna Fieldwork: Part 2 – Florida Program for Shark Research

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sharks/blog/new-smyrna-fieldwork-part-2/

After our last trip, I had made some adjustments to the design of our long line but needed a special kind of rope. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic-related shipping delays, it took quite a while for the line to arrive, and we had it diverted to the field. We spent a day measuring out and prepping the ne
After an almost four-hour round trip to pick up our new field hand, we got settled

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Euptychiine Butterflies – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/euptychiine-butterflies/

Keith Wilmott, associate curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, discusses his research on the biodiversity of butterflies, with a focus on euptychiine, a common yet diverse group. He spends time with research students in the Amazon every yea
there is still – there’s a great deal known about them,  which means that on one hand

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Channel Catfish – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/channel-catfish/

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
Noodlers insert their hand into such areas, offering their fingers as tempting bait

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Gatorade fuels endangered Miami blue butterflies – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/gatorade-fuels-endangered-miami-blue-butterflies/

A staple on the sidelines for Gator sports teams, Gatorade also replenishes a different kind of athlete at the University of Florida: butterflies. The sports drink serves as a substitute for nectar in a laboratory-maintained colony of Miami blues, among the most critically endangered butterflies
Live flowering plants were too cumbersome, and hand-feeding was out of the question

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Recommended Procedures for Visiting and Selecting Loans at Other Herbaria – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/policies/loans-at-other-herbaria/

Complete the UF Herbarium’s loan contract. This only needs to be done once for all loans you want us to request for your study. But, there may need to be a discussion about case space with your advisor, if you want a lot of loans. Contact the herbarium staff where you plan to visit to arrange for
Some institutions prefer for you to show up with a request in hand.

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FLMNH Scientists Converge on Pineland Dig – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/flmnh-scientists-converge-on-pineland-dig/

On June 2 and 3, the RRC at Pineland hosted a visit by a remarkable array of specialists in archaeological sciences, all members of the RRC Research and Collections Committee, and all employed by or affiliated with the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Led by Committee Chair
A focus of the team’s efforts was to get a first-hand look at the Surf Clam Ridge

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Scientist in Every Florida School program Coordinates 500th Classroom Visit in Palm Beach County – Thompson Earth Systems Institute

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/blog/scientist-in-every-florida-school-program-coordinates-500th-classroom-visit-in-palm-beach-county/

In March, the Scientist in Every Florida School program coordinated its 500th classroom visit to schools in Palm Beach County.
youth have been able to meet and chat with ‘real’ scientists to offer a first-hand

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Collection Policies – Paleobotany + Palynology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/paleobotany/collection-policies/

Museums generally derive their prominence from their collections, and these holdings constitute the primary difference between museums and other kinds of cultural institutions. A museum’s obligation to its collections is paramount. Each object is an integral part of a scientific composite. In or
Request for loans to be hand carried by visitors must allow adequate time to prepare

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FLAS first challenge: consolidating and preparing the collections – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/research/mossesinflas/flas-first-challenge-consolidating-and-preparing-the-collections/

The FLAS collection was initially organized under two curatorial styles. The modern collection was kept in envelope-type packets, placed vertically and organized in archival trays. Another part of the collection, encompassing most of the historical collections that date back to the 1800s (Severin Ra
This step was time demanding because in the old collection hand written labels are

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Extra-local Stone at Surf Clam Ridge – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/extra-local-stone-at-surf-clam-ridge/

Despite the fact that the Pineland site is situated well south of the natural geologic range of stone suitable for making tools and other implements, shell tools were not the only items of this sort recovered during recent field- work at Surf Clam Ridge. During 2003-2004 excavations in Pineland
This same hearth layer produced a hand-sized water-worn cobble of quartzite, possibly

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