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The First Documented Shark Attack in the Americas – Caribbean Archaeology Program

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The first documented shark attach in the Americas, cal AD 789-1033. There are no eyewitness accounts, only the testimony of the bones. Yet our knowledge of prehistoric lifeways and forensic anthropology allow us to reconstruct what probably happened. The incident went something like this: „Th
Photo © Linda Budinoff The characteristics of the multiple cut marks led me to

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Graduates – The Kawahara Lab

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Christian Couch, M.S. Graduated Summer 2024 Email: christian.couch@ufl.edu  I am an M.S. biotechnology student in the college of Agricultural and Life Sciences.  I work on many molecular projects relating to conservation, biodiversity and phylogenetics within Lepidoptera. I am also interested i
This also led to an internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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Florida freshwater mussel gets protected habitat thanks to museum collections – Research News

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 190 miles of streams and rivers in Florida and Georgia as critical habitat for a rare species of freshwater mussel once thought to be extinct. The new ruling, which went into effect Aug. 2, outlines protective measures for the Suwannee moccasinshell,
Fish and Wildlife Service who led the investigation into the status of Suwannee moccasinshells

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Precolumbian Archaeology of the Turks and Caicos Islands – Caribbean Archaeology Program

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Baweka, translated from the Taino language as „Large Northern Basin,“ was the name for the Caicos Bank at the time of Columbus. From Abawana (Grand Turk) to Makobisa (West Caicos) the islands supported a thriving native population on the eve of European conquest. Nestled between the Bahama Islands
a stone at the center of the field, in which there was a ball-size depression, led

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First local extinction in the U.S. due to sea level rise – Research News

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The United States has lost its only stand of the massive Key Largo tree cactus in what researchers believe is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea level rise in the country. The Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) still grows on a few scattered islands in the Caribb
One Fairchild-led study showed that salt levels were higher in soil beneath dead

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How a century of fear turned deadly for sharks – Research News

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Before the summer of 1916, there was still debate about whether sharks could kill humans. Most people were not even sure if a shark could bite a human. One of them was New York multimillionaire Hermann Oelrichs, who offered a $500 reward in 1891 for anyone who proved a shark attacked a human. Tha
fact that a great white shark was later caught with human remains in its stomach, led

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Scientists use fossils to assess the health of Florida’s largest remaining seagrass bed – Research News

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The seagrass is greener along Florida’s Nature Coast … figuratively, that is. A new study published in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida’s Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thous
Aggressive nutrient reduction efforts in the region led to water quality improvements

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Bluefin Tuna – Discover Fishes

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Thunnus thynnus These torpedo-shaped fish are the largest of the tunas, growing to an average of 78 inches long, but recorded at 180 inches and over 1,500 pounds. They are strong and fast swimmers with black-edged yellow finlets running back from curved dorsal and anal fins to a crescent caudal (
Photo © Tom Greene The popularity of this tuna in commercial markets has led to

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Bluntnose Sixgill Shark – Discover Fishes

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Hexanchus griseus This large, deepwater shark is an example of significantly more primitive species found only as fossils. It has a broad, flat head, large green eyes, and a small, single dorsal fin far along its back. Average length is 15 to 16 feet long, and it is gray to olive to brown in colo
be unable to sustain pressures from target fisheries and as bycatch which have led

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