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Perhaps you have worn a string of pearls around your neck, paid for a diver to retrieve what you hope is a lucky shell or recognize these lustrous gems as your birth stone. But have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a
student majoring in geology and anthropology when he joined a quarry excavation led

I have been working on moths known as Erythrina Stem Borer (or twig borer) since 2010, which turned out to be several similar species with similar biologies found around the world. Suddenly, and rather unexpectedly, the moths have become a major horticultural pest in southern California, where Eryth
treatment by pesticides of some on the wounds a week prior to our visit seem to have led

Takeaways from the University of Florida’s 10th annual Climate Communications Summit The way we tell the climate story has the power to transform a feeling of collective overwhelm into one of collective empowerment.   The University of Florida’s 10th annual Climate Communications Summit brought
movement “took on a life of its own,� and within just eight days, public outcry led

Lutjanus campechanus These off-shore fish prefer deep reefs or rocky banks int he Western Atlantic. They’re a dark pink-red, fading to pale underbelly, and younger, smaller fish sometimes have a dark spot high on their sides. They are classically almond-shaped, with red eyes, and dorsal and anal
For many years, taxonomic confusion led numerous authors to incorrectly refer to

There are few places in Southwest Florida where evidence of people of the Late Archaic period through modern times is preserved. Calusa Island, separated from the Northern terminus of Pine Island by Jug Creek, is one such place. In the June 2016 edition of this newsletter (available here on
FPAN archaeologist Rachael Kangas led the excavation unit.

These days, climate change is a hot topic. What will happen as temperatures rise more rapidly than humans have documented in modern history? Will birds and mammals flock or will they be able to acclimate? Who will become extinct? In recent years, scientists have strived to understand the a
were smaller during that time, the analysis of different-sized Sifrhippus teeth led

For a few weeks each year, dozens of people stop their everyday activities to put on clothes they don’t mind getting dirty, drive to the middle of nowhere and dig in the dirt and mud for fossils. Neither professional archaeologists nor paleontologists, the volunteers are like angels for the Flori
found there – from amphibians and reptiles to three-toed horses and bear-dogs – has led

The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint on a sports car. A new study shows birds can learn to recognize these visual cues, avoiding not only butterflies they’ve failed to nab in the past but similar-looking species as w
had varying levels of tolerance for the bad-tasting almond, said Páez, who co-led

Imagine looking down on where you live from 20,000 feet above. Now imagine 95 percent of what’s below has never been seen. That’s what it’s like exploring the deep sea—the planet’s largest and most unknown habitat. The deep-sea environment is ominous and harsh. There is no light and the pressure
Hindrances in investigating unexplored areas of the ocean during netting expeditions led

From the jungles of Southeast Asia to the Greek Islands, Florida Museum of Natural History botanist Nico Cellinese has searched for the answers to how evolution works. But during fieldwork in the Mediterranean Basin—a biodiversity hotspot—she found more questions than answers. “There are so many
of the group was likely the result of ancient geologic and tectonic events that led