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Saying goodbye to the Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife exhibit – Exhibits

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On Feb. 26, 2023, the Florida Museum of Natural History will officially say goodbye to Powell Hall’s oldest permanent exhibit, Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife. This goodbye comes with many memories and much excitement for a new exhibit, Water Shapes Florida, opening in Spring 2024, that wi
Giving countless hours to hand paint murals and carve out sculptures, we thank everyone

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Bright light bars big-eyed birds from human-altered landscapes – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/bright-light-bars-big-eyed-birds/

New research shows the glaring light in human-altered landscapes, such as livestock pastures and crop fields, can act as a barrier to big-eyed birds, potentially contributing to their decline. Florida Museum of Natural History researchers found strong links between bird eye size, habitat and fora
then clamber over steep ridges and through thick shrubs and bamboo, antenna in hand

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Study provides road map for measuring animal, plant traits to meet global biodiversity goals – Research News

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An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide these data to policymakers to improve natural resource management and keep nations on track to meet global biodiversity and sustainability goals.  Monitoring species
Having this information in hand can empower policymakers to make strategic decisions

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FL VP Course: Anne Pfund – Montbrook Fossil Dig

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/montbrook/blog/fl-vp-course-anne-pfund/

Day 1: Saturday, February 5, 2022 My first day on the dig! I had no idea what to expect. I arrived in the morning, it was so cold, I was glad to have as many layers as I did. I was given my instructions, gathered my tools, and was told to pick a square. The pressure! How could I possibly choose one
what I was doing, no interruptions meant that I could really focus on the task at hand

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Bird calls on demand – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/bird-calls-on-demand/

While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected over the past 40 years, Florida Museum of Natural History ornithologist Tom Webber inspected an especially fragile reel from the 1960s. “Eventually, even the magnetic plas
But the older ones,� he said as he paused, running his hand across a stack of worn

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Past staff, students and volunteer – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/research/mossesinflas/our-staff-students-and-volunteer/

Lorena Endara, PhD Workflow Manager This has been an incredible opportunity to learn about bryophytes and lichens and to apply what I have learnt about collection and project management. Most importantly, I feel really lucky to have met an incredible group of fun and smart undergraduate stud
Having experienced these trials and revelations first-hand, I may with little doubt

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Costa Rica Photography Workshop with the Florida Museum and Holbrook Travel – Events

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/events/blog/costa-rica-photography-workshop-with-the-florida-museum-and-holbrook-travel/

It’s pre-dawn. Your camera and lenses are packed, and you’ve pulled yourself out of bed before sunrise for early morning photography. Nature photography takes planning, persistence, patience and grit. But you return home with images you are technically unhappy with. Perhaps they were not exposed pr
And in this dream scenario, you’d have a professional photographer on hand to answer

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School lesson gone wrong leads to new, bigger megalodon size estimate – Research News

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A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously thought, measuring up to 65 feet, nearly the length of two school buses. Earlier studies had ball-parked the massive predator at about 50 to 60 feet long. The revised estimate is t
Now when a paleontologist unearths a lone megalodon tooth the size of their hand,

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