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Butterfly conservation initiative marks first anniversary – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/butterfly-conservation-initiative-marks-first-anniversary/

Just as a butterfly leaves the chrysalis to spread its wings, in May 2007 the Butterfly Conservation Initiative decided to make a move that would allow the organization to take flight. Armed with resources that would allow the program to expand, Stephanie Sanchez was named program coordin
giving Florida Museum visitors an opportunity to see conservation efforts first-hand

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Frantic February gives way to March Madness – Invertebrate Zoology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/iz/2015/03/27/frantic-february-gives-way-to-march-madness/

So February was crazy. Even by our usual standards of busy-ness, everything was just a little bit more hectic in February. There was a lot of background busyness in the form of job seminars. Most weeks, sometimes twice a week, the whole museum schlepped over to Powell Hall (the public face of the
Sgambati from Seahorse Key and Lisa Lundgren from the UF Education school were also on hand

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Haile 7C – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/haile-7c/

Haile 7C University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL109 Location In a limerock quarry about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the town of Newberry, Alachua County, Florida; 29.69º N, 82.56º W. Age Early Pleistocene Epoch; middle late Blancan land mammal age About  2.2 and 1.9 mil
All of the bones of the wrist and hand were preserved.

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I-75 Site – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/i-75-site/

I-75 Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL018 Location Southwestern Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, at the intersection of Interstate Highway 75 (I-75) and SR 121 (Williston Road); 29.6° N, 82.4° W. Age Early Oligocene Epoch; later half of Whitneyan land mammal
On the other hand, derived specimens of chiropterans and Miohippus suggest an age

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Botanists and archaeologists receive National Science Foundation grant to study Mediterranean history – Research News

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It’s an unusual collaboration. Botanists and archaeologists don’t often work together, unless they’re studying the way people have used plants through time. But a new four-year grant from the National Science Foundation is shaking things up. It provides more than $1 million to study how Mediterranea
With that information in hand, the next phase of the project will incorporate computer

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Newly discovered tiger shark migration pattern might explain attacks near Hawaii – Research News

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The migration of mature female tiger sharks during late summer and fall to the main Hawaiian Islands, presumably to give birth, could provide insight into attacks in that area, according to a University of Florida scientist. In a new seven-year study, researchers from the Florida Museum of Na
They also investigated environmental circumstances, resource availability, first-hand

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Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest-known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/mysterious-fruit-shown-to-be-the-oldest-known-fossils-of-the-frankincense-and-myrrh-family/

Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields. The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species
plane, I would have been able to recognize them, but with the material we had on hand

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Smalltail Shark – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/smalltail-shark/

Carcharhinus porosus This slim, plain gray shark has a wide, triangular dorsal fin, and grows usually to just over 3 feet long. With its long, pointed snout and large eyes, it is well suited to the muddy bottoms of estuaries where it prefers to hunt small fish and invertebrates. because if its si
Smalltail shark dentition: upper and lower teeth from left-hand side.

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Scientists classify threatened sea cucumbers – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-classify-threatened-sea-cucumbers/

Sea cucumbers are among the most abundant animals on the planet, occupying waters from the tropical reefs to the Antarctic and dominating the greatest habitat – the deep sea floor. But their diversity and ecological roles are poorly understood. To make matters worse, these loaf-like, bottom-dwell
easy to catch – they don’t move around very much, so you can just put your hand

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It takes a village: Study shows community is key to a sustained passion for science among adolescents – Research News

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The results of a yearlong science program show that one of the best ways to instill a lasting interest in science among children is to engage them alongside their family members. This finding runs counter to the current framework, in which children attend science-related summer camps and after-schoo
in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), giving families first-hand

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