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Educational Enhancement Project Completed – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/educational-enhancement-project-completed/

In 2012, Cindy Bear and Bill Marquardt received a grant from the Arts and Attractions program of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation to enhance the visitor experience at the Calusa Heritage Trail. The $14,520 grant was used to share the costs of enhancing two areas of prominent visit
Darcie met with Bill Marquardt, Cindy Bear, and RRC staff and volunteers, and led

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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
Families who participated in the program met once a month for hands-on activities led

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Cosmic pearls: Fossil clams contain evidence of ancient meteorite – Research News

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Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely the calling cards of an ancient meteorite. Analysis of the beads suggests they are microtektites, particles that form when the explosive impact of an extraterrestrial ob
undergraduate when he discovered the microtektites during a 2006 summer fieldwork project led

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Rodent extinctions in Hispaniola may have been caused by humans – Research News

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The island of Hispaniola once had among the highest rodent diversity in the Caribbean, supporting 11 species that coexisted for thousands of years. Today, only one rodent species remains within the island’s two countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and its prospects for survival are uncerta
in the fossil record, authors of a new study pinpoint the historical events that led

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Tanzania Safari – Florida Museum

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Join the Florida Museum of Natural History to witness one of the world’s most awe-inspiring events. Follow the hoof prints of zebra, wildebeest and other ungulates on their migration from the Serengeti to Masai Mara Reserve! Holbrook Travel & the Florida Museum present: Tanzania Safari Sep
Holbrook Travel & the Florida Museum present: Tanzania Safari Sept. 10-23, 2019 Led

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Menéndez Fort and Camp – Historical Archaeology

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In 1565, more than fifty years before the English landed at Jamestown, Pedro Menéndez de Aviles established the first successful European colony in the United States at St. Augustine, Florida. Archaeologists and historians have been searching for the site of that first settlement since early in the
It was that tradition as much as anything else that led to the discoveries at the

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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Collection (FTG) – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

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FLAS imaged the labels of the bryophytes in the Fairchild Tropical Garden Collection. Kent Perkins picked up the specimens from Miami and brought them to Gainesville. The specimens were wonderfully organized. They were also barcoded and a skeletal spreadsheet accompanied the collection, so basically
Tanaka Dang led this part of the project.

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Giant Clam – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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Giant Clams can grow to be huge in nutrient-poor waters due to the help of tiny photosynthetic algae (zooxanthellae) that live in their body. The zooxanthellae gain protection by living on the giant clam, while the clam gains the carbon fixed by photosynthesis. Summary Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas
Unfortunately, over-harvesting of clams for food has reduced population sizes and has led

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Cryptic Sea Stars – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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DNA can unite species that were thought to be different. Scientists believed these Sea Stars to be two different species when first discovered. Further studies of their DNA revealed that they were actually different life stages of the same animal. Summary Cryptic Sea Stars Adult Sea Star (Cho
invertebrate-zoology-cryptic-sea-stars.mp3 Sequencing the DNA of organisms often allows you to tell them apart and has led

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