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The recession may be responsible for a slump of a different sort: an unexpected dive in shark attacks, says a University of Florida researcher. Shark attacks worldwide in 2008 dipped to their lowest level in five years, a sign that Americans may be forgoing vacation trips to the beach, said G
attacked off beaches in remote parts of the globe, such as Cocos Island in the Indian

A new study of 45-million-year-old pollen from Pine Island west of Fort Myers has led to a new understanding of the state’s geologic history, showing Florida could be 10 million to 15 million years older than previously believed. The discovery of land in Florida during the early Eocene opens the
Pine Island was the site of a Calusa Indian village for more than 1,500 years and

Canis dirus Quick Facts Common Name: dire wolf Canis dirus, the dire wolf, had an estimated mass of 130 to 150 pounds, which made it about 25% heavier than the modern gray wolf (Canis lupus). But smaller than the fictional dire wolves of the TV series Game of Thrones! The largest known dir
County—Peace River 11; Peace River 13 Hillsborough County—Cow House Slough 2 Indian

Siren lacertina Quick Facts Common Name: greater siren Siren lacertina is a large, extant salamander in the family Sirenidae that has been living relatively unchanged for 2.5 million years. Alive, they are olive to light gray with elongate, snake-like bodies, short external gills, no hind li
County—Ichetucknee River; Santa Fe River 6 Hillsborough County—Leisey Shell Pit 2 Indian

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Go on an arachnid adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Spiders Alive!” exhibit, opening Jan. 28. With more than a dozen live species from around the world, this exciting exhibition dives into the world of spiders, scorpions and their relatives and inform
Scorpion Brazilian Red and White Tarantula Huntsman Spider Desert Hairy Scorpion Indian

Robert J. Austin Bob is Vice President and Principal Investigator of Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida and a M.A. in Public Archaeology from the University of South Florida. He has worked as a Florida archaeologist and lithic
faunal sites excavated in the Moquegua Valley in Peru, and also from various West Indian

In 1975, in a remote corner of Haiti, Dr. William Hodges, a medical missionary and founder of the Hôpital le Bon Samaritain in Haiti, stumbled almost unexpectedly upon the ruins of the long-lost and nearly forgotten Spanish city of Puerto Real. The city had existed on the northern coast of
and 1578, as an outpost of the Spanish empire inhabited by Spaniards, American Indians

University of Florida researchers have described a new species of land crab that documents the first crab extinction during the human era. The loss of the crab likely greatly impacted the ecology of the Hawaiian Islands, as land crabs are major predators, control litter decomposition and help in
how crabs affect the ecology of islands can be seen on Christmas Island in the Indian

Luis Torres, a second-year doctoral student in the University of Florida’s department of geological sciences, has won first place in this year’s Three Minute Thesis Competition. Torres is advised by Michal Kowalewski, the Thompson chair of invertebrate paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural H
Florida are doing pretty decently, whereas on the Atlantic side, especially near the Indian

Amanda Hall has had a lifelong passion for history. As a child, she spent countless hours in museums admiring exhibits depicting human history, while her older brother obsessed over dinosaur fossils. “I would spend a lot of time in the Native American wing, and that really began my fascination wi
master’s program at UNF, for which she decided to focus on the history of Yamasee Indians