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A major new book about Pineland is now available. The Archaeology of Pineland: A Coastal Southwest Florida Site Complex, A.D. 50-1710 was edited by William Marquardt and Karen Walker. It contains 943 pages, 408 figures, 231 tables, bibliographic references, and an index. In the 1500s, the Calusa In
The final chapter synthesizes the cultural and environmental changes that led to

What is it?  World Snake Day is celebrated every year on July 16th. This international day is a moment to raise awareness about snakes, challenge negative stereotypes, and educate people about these remarkable reptiles. Snakes are far from the dangerous monsters that the media portrays. They are fa
Cultural myths about snakes being evil or unlucky have led to unnecessary fear.

Santa Fe River 1 [Blancan] University of Florida Fossil Vertebrate Localities CO003B, CO037B, and CO038B Location Santa Fe 1 is a 1000-yard-long (0.9 km) stretch of the Santa Fe River on the Columbia-Gilchrist county boundary, downstream of the town of High Springs and upstream of the State Highw
the Santa Fe River during the early to middle 1960s by scuba-diving teams first led

On February 9th, 1981, Arthur C. Allyn, Jr. signed an agreement transferring the assets and collections of the Allyn Museum to the University of Florida Foundation to ultimately be housed in a new wing of what was then called the Florida State Museum. The Allyn Museum, located in Sarasota, Florida,
and Jacqueline Miller, began long and rewarding careers as Allyn’s curators which led

Invertebrate Zoology (IZ) holds collections of animals other than vertebrates, as well as some other eukaryotes. Mollusks represent 80% of the collection, reflecting the original focus of the collection (Malacology), as well as the availability of shells. The collection was expended to IZ in 2000 an
focus of past curator Fred Thompson and collection manager John Slapcinsky has led

“The Everglades is a test. If we pass it, we may get to keep the planet.â€� – Joe Podgor  What is it?  The Everglades is possibly the most important ecosystem in Florida but has faced detrimental consequences from rapid urbanization and anthropogenic development. It was established in 1947 as a Nati
transformation destroyed natural water filtration systems, reduced biodiversity, and led

The Daniels Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History has received a Champions for Change award in recognition for their butterfly conservation work. The annual award is given by the University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition to UF community members who make
Led by Jaret Daniels, a curator at the museum’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera

About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida Museum of Natural History study in the December 2010 print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution describes a new species of carnivorous mammal that shrank to about half the size of
During a fossil-collecting expedition in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin in 2006, a team led

Visitors to the Calusa Heritage Trail at the Randell Research Center often ask how Calusa people used plants, and every year there is more interest in landscaping with plants native to South Florida. The native-plant garden that Martha (Marty) Kendall first planted along the path leading fr
Her interest in the Calusa and their use of plants led her to become a Master Gardener

A new species of bird from the heart of Peru remained undetected for years until researchers identified it by its unique song. In 1996, a group of Louisiana State University and Florida Museum of Natural History researchers traveled to the Cordillera Azul, an isolated mountain ridge in Peru,
“Finding these guys opened up a little more inventory and exploration, which led