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Florida panther conservation – Research News

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Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are fine-tuning conservation knowledge about endangered Florida panthers by studying their bones and pelts. Researchers recently concluded two pilot studies: one examined the presence of Harris lines, or growth-arrest lines, detectable by radiography in p
Photo by Jeff Gage One study led by Mammalogy Collections Manager Laurie Wilkins

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Becoming Visible: Michelle Barboza – Research News

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The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on Earth in 2017. To mark the closing of an era and the beginning of a new century, UF News profiled three Florida Museum women who are shaping the research institution’s future
MMCO), a natural global warming event that occurred about 17 million years ago and led

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97,000 newly acquired artifacts tell story of America’s Spanish past – Research News

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Early in the 1930s, a gardener discovered a skull while planting an orange tree at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park in St. Augustine. The find precipitated in-depth fieldwork by archaeologists during the ’70s and ’80s’, yielding discoveries that raised the possibility of the site being Amer
of Youth is what’s drawn people there, and it’s remarkable because that is what led

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Chain Dogfish – Discover Fishes

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Scyliorhinus retifer These slim sharks are reddish brown to light yellow underneath, with a distinctive dark brown or black chain pattern down their bodies. They have rounded snouts and large oval eyes, and somewhat lobed fins set further back towards their asymmetrical, notched caudal (tail) fin
This evidence has led biologists to believe that the young are produced during late

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Dive into the opening celebration of the Florida Museum’s new permanent exhibit – Pressroom

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tap into the Florida Museum of Natural History’s grand opening of its new, permanent exhibit, “Water Shapes Florida,” with a celebration March 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free, family-friendly festival includes hands-on learning activities, workshops, food trucks and more
Led by Ryan Fessenden, the museum’s “Butterfly Rainforest” manager, registered guests

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Smalleye Hammerhead – Discover Fishes

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Sphyrna tudes Named for its unusually small eyes, which evolved due to its preference for muddy coastal waters. Sporting a distinctly flat and arched cephalophoil, or „hammerhead“, this species is can detect prey in the murkiest of waters. Order – Carcharhiniformes Family – Sphyrnidae Genus
This has led scientists to postulate that there is a connection between the carotenoid

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Sabertooth Cave – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Sabertooth Cave (= Saber-tooth Cave or Allen Cave) University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality CI006 Location Sabertooth Cave is located about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northwest of Lecanto, between State Highway 44 and County Road 491, Citrus County, Florida. 28.86º N; 82.49º W. Age Lat
second and last expedition to Sabertooth Cave occurred on August 9, 1957 and was led

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Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird – Research News

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An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized dinosaur was actually a lizard. The new species, named Oculudentavis naga in honor of the Naga people of Myanmar and India, is represente
courtesy of Stephanie Abramowicz/Peretti Museum Foundation/Current Biology The team, led

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Record number of endangered sawfish tagged – Research News

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Scientists studying marine animals at the Florida Museum of Natural History seem to be living the high life, heading to the coast for fishing trips in the name of research. But when you take away the refreshments, the relaxation most people associate with going fishing and consider they’re lo
Around 11 a.m., the crew would switch gears and renowned guide captain Jim Wilcox led

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Oldest-known ancestor of modern primates may have come from North America, not Asia – Research News

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About 56 million years ago, on an Earth so warm that palm trees graced the Arctic Circle, a mouse-sized primate known as Teilhardina first curled its fingers around a branch. The earliest-known ancestor of modern primates, Teilhardina’s close relatives would eventually give rise to today’s monkey
warming 56 million years ago is that it marks the origin of the group that ultimately led

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