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Bringing a fossil dig to the classroom – Florida Museum Blog

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/bringing-a-fossil-dig-to-the-classroom/

It was a chilly February day. A handful of Florida teachers gathered on the edge of a dirt pit in rural Levy County. Wind whipped across the open landscape, toying with scarves and making the little flags scattered around the pit dance on their long stems. Florida’s weak winter sunlight was sharp in
These hand-chosen teachers were here to dig for fossils as part of a professional

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Friends of the RRC Newsletter, April 2025 – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/newsletter/friends-april-2025/

Happy Earth Day, Friends! We could not think of a more perfect day to share a summary of the 2025 season at the Randell Research Center (RRC) and to reconnect as a group through a revival of the Friends of the Randell Research Center Newsletter! Around the world, Earth Day unites billions of people
It has also been wonderful to meet so many of you and see first-hand your dedication

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Calusa Heritage Day 2008 – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/calusa-heritage-day-2008/

February 23rd was the annual Calusa Heritage Day, hosted by the Randell Research Center at the Calusa Heritage Trail in Pineland. It was a great day weather-wise, and the many participants had a great time sharing their knowledge with the public. Over 1500 people attended. Dr. Karen Walker
Moncrief John Beriault uses a hand tool to decorate the pottery he is making.

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Ode to Pat: A Biography of Patricia Crandon Randell – Randell Research Center

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Patricia (Pat) Crandon was born in Miami, Florida, at the start of the “Roaring Twenties” on February 12, 1920. Her father, Charles Henry Crandon, a Dade County, Florida, Commissioner from 1929 to 1949, was admired for negotiating, prior to WWII, the gift of over 800 acres of land on Biscayne Key, M
Family and friends still cherish hand-drawn cards created by Pat for holidays and

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Plants that pull nitrogen from thin air thrive in arid environments – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/plants-that-pull-nitrogen-from-thin-air-thrive-in-arid-environments/

After a comprehensive study of plants across the United States, researchers have arrived at the unexpected conclusion that plants able to fix atmospheric nitrogen are most diverse in arid regions of the country. This finding runs counter to the prevailing assumption that nitrogen-fixers should be co
Bacteria, on the other hand, have mastered the trick of fixing atmospheric nitrogen

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New project allows web users to explore 3-D vertebrate specimens from inside out – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-project-allows-users-to-explore-3d-specimens/

A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch a new initiative to “teleport” specimens from museum shelves to the internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public. The oVert project, short
Specimens must be hand-selected, shipped, tracked, scanned, uploaded to MorphoSource

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Collecting Incredible Insects! – Exhibits

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On May 25, 2024, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s newest exhibit, Science Up Close: Incredible Insects was unveiled to the public. This exciting exhibit gives attendees the opportunity to encounter remarkable bug species and converse with entomologists. Visitors can also view an extensive col
allowing them to collect on ACT properties, and a wish list of desired bugs in hand

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Fort Mose – Historical Archaeology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/st-augustine/fort-mose/

More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in Carolina and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. Battling slave catchers and dangerous swamps, they helped establish the first American underground railroad more than a century
ceramics, and glass bottles; food items such as burned seeds and bone, and even a hand-made

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During tough times, ancient ‘tourists’ sought solace in Florida oyster feasts – Research News

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More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida’s Gulf Coast to bond over oysters, likely as a means of coping with climate change and social upheaval. Archaeologists’ analysis of present-day Roberts Island, about 50 miles north of
Researchers hand-excavated, screened and analyzed animal remains from Crystal River

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