The Calusa may have been the only ancient people in North America who established a kingdom without practicing agriculture. Their sophistication and fierceness enabled them to resist Spanish domination for some 200 years. The Calusa king Caalus, perched high on his throne in his grand house, watc
difficult to interpret at first,� Marquardt said. “Detailed analysis and AMS dates led
“This may look like brains but it is really strawberry.� You never know what you’re going to overhear at the Museum when scientists are visiting! It was wonderful to host our Women and Girls in Science Celebration at the Museum again after several years of virtual events. On Feb. 13, 2022, we invit
Previously, Mallory led The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado Plateau Initiative from
Their mission? To extract an ice core from a polar ice cap and inspect its geological markers for climate change indicators.
The virtual climate scientist expedition is part of a larger initiative led by the
In 426 AD, a noble we now know as K’inich Yax K’uk‘ Mo‘ (Great Sun First Quetzal Macaw), arrived in the Copán Valley of Honduras, Central America, and founded a dynasty of Maya kings that endured for over 400 years. Where Yax Ku’k Mo originally traveled from is still a mystery, but we have learned t
Classic Copan Acropolis Project research team from the University of Pennsylvania, led
How do you monitor the number and location of Earth’s plants and animals at any given time? It’s a daunting, planet-sized problem, but an international team of researchers has published a proposal for how to do just that. As wildlife faces threats from habitat loss, invasive species, disease and
The study was led by Walter Jetz of Yale University, with Melodie McGeoch of Monash
The Indo-West Pacific is the largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, and many of the species it supports have comparably wide ranges. Writing in “The Origin of Species,� Charles Darwin noted that “… many fish range from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean, and many shells are common to the
What they found led them to one of marine biology’s most perplexing mysteries.
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers evaluated how a type of professional development, called train-the-trainer, could help teachers improve their practice. And they did it for a topic that is arguably one of the most difficult for educators to broach. “People want to talk about c
“These three components led to a successful train-the-trainer program that continues
When lice attack, it’s hard to call it a blessing. People have been tormented by the blood-sucking parasites for thousands of years, awaiting the latest technology to annihilate them. But some researchers are counting their lice and shipping them to genetics laboratories, where they are used to unl
Smith A study of clothing lice in 2003 led by Mark Stoneking, a geneticist at the
When the bones of an ancient heron were unearthed at a North Florida fossil site, the find wasn’t made by researchers but by two Florida Museum of Natural History volunteers. A previously unknown genus and species, the heron has been named Taphophoyx hodgei (TAFF’-oh-foy-ks HAHJ’-ee-eye) in honor
wanting to know what’s in the ground on his land – Eddie let us in and one thing led
Key points Iron artifacts from early Spanish expeditions in North America often look too similar to tell apart, making it difficult to establish the exact routes that were taken. In a new study, archaeologists analyzed iron artifacts spanning more than 400 years of American history using X-r
soldier who helped conquer Nicaragua, overthrow the Inca empire in Peru and famously led
