Current Postdocs Darcy Bird Informatics Advisor: Nick Gauthier Contact: darcy.bird@ufl.edu Sahale Casebolt Invertebrate Paleontology Advisor: Michal Kowalewski Contact: scasebolt@flmnh.ufl.edu Office: Dickinson Hall Natalie Claunch Informatics Advisor: Rob Guralnick & Ana L
Shashank Pathour Lepidoptera Advisor: Akito Kawahara Current Position: Professor, Indian
NON-VENOMOUS, NON-NATIVE Other common names Brahminy Blind Snake, Flowerpot Snake Basic description Most adult Brahminy Blindsnakes are about 4.4–6.5 inches (11.2–16.5 cm) in total length. These snakes are small, thin, and shiny silver gray, charcoal gray, or purple. The head and tail both appea
Citrus, Clay, Collier, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Indian
VENOMOUS Other common names Pigmy Rattlesnake, Pygmy Rattlesnake Basic description Most adult Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnakes are about 12-24 inches (30-61 cm) in total length. This is a very small snake, but it is thick for its size. The body color varies from light to dark gray, and a lengthwise row
Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian
A new paper published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species covering almost 8,00
burrowing frog Evolution Explosive fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian
Elops saurus This long, slender, silvery fish has elongated and pointed fins, including a deeply forked caudal (tail) fin. It grows to 3 feet long and 15 pounds, but although anglers sometimes enjoy catching ladyfish, it’s not considered to be very appealing to eat. Ladyfish are very tolerant of
The ladyfish has been observed in the western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean.
The water surrounding Florida is a graveyard for thousands of ships — casualties of shifting sands, coral reefs, and treacherous hurricanes. Today, these shipwrecks are time capsules that reflect the history of maritime trade, colonial expansion by sea, and the changing fortunes of European powers i
Florida Indians also salvaged materials from early shipwrecks, and sometimes captured
To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates on statewide environmental news. Read on below to see what we found over the past month: 10 Florida Stories to Watch Brevard County’s Grand Canal muck dredging project, part of
County’s Grand Canal muck dredging project, part of a broader effort to improve the Indian
Cephalopholis miniata These brightly colored fish prefer the open waters in and around reefs where they can hunt small fish and crustaceans. They are stout and almond-shaped, with orange-red to red-brown bodies covered in light blue spots ringed with darker red. Pectoral fins and undersides are u
South Africa and east to the Line Islands including most islands located in the Indian
Trygonorrhina dumerilii This oval shaped ray has a very rounded pectoral disc that is dark yellow-brown on top with irregular grayish bands outlined in darker brown. The long tail has two small dorsal fins and an asymmetrical caudal fin, and the total length of this ray, including tail, can be as
including the waters of Victoria, northern Tasmania and South Australia in the eastern Indian
Dalatias licha This blunt-faced shark has small, lobed fins and large eyes, best suited for its deep-water habitat. Normally it scavenges for small fish and crustaceans, but its top teeth are sharp and curve inward for grabbing, and its bottom teeth are straight and serrated for cutting, making i
It is also found in the central and western Pacific Ocean and the southwestern Indian
