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A Brief History of the Randell Research Center, Part 3: 2004-2023 – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/a-brief-history-of-the-randell-research-center-part-3-2004-2023/

As part of our celebration of the RRC’s 25th anniversary, we invited Bill Marquardt, RRC’s co-founder and first director, to summarize some of the key events in its history. Close your eyes for a minute and listen. Unless you are hearing-impaired, you are likely to notice something – traffi
In fall 2013, Cindy led a project to enhance interpretive materials in the classroom

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After routing de Soto, Chickasaws repurposed Spanish objects for everyday use – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/chickasaws-repurposed-de-soto-objects/

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi thought to be from Hernando de Soto’s 16th-century expedition through the Southeast. Many of the objects were repurposed by the resident Chickasaws as household tools and ornaments, an unusual practice at a time
The Chickasaw Nation and its Chickasaw Explorers Program co-led and funded the research

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Journal of Caribbean Archaeology – Florida Museum of Natural History

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/jca/

The Journal of Caribbean Archaeology (JCA) was created to provide a refereed publication outlet for archaeological research in the Caribbean and surrounding areas to promote and facilitate communication between investigators working across the broad circum-Caribbean region. JCA was founded in 1999
Tobago (Arie Boomert) Modelling mobility and exchange in pre-Columbian Cuba: GIS led

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Celebrating 20 Years – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/celebrating-20-years/

Letter from the McGuire Center’s Director It has been 20 years since the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity opened thanks to the visionary support of Dr. Bill and Nadine McGuire and the dedicated commitment of founding director Dr. Thomas Emmel. We are proud of what has been accomplish
Butterflies The Center’s extensive program studying butterflies in the Andes has led

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Not a pot to ‘cook’ in – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/not-a-pot-to-cook-in/

Irving Rouse, the doyen of Caribbean archaeology, once estimated that pottery comprised 90% of all artifacts found in the region. It should come as no surprise then that the precontact history of the islands is written as if broken pieces of pottery (called sherds[1]) – not people – were the main ac
Photo courtesy of Mark Parrish The discovery of earth ovens on Long Island led us

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A natural history of the Red Sea and the uncertain future of its corals – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/a-natural-history-of-the-red-sea-and-the-uncertain-future-of-its-corals/

Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They’d flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and they’d soon rendezvous with colleagues from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST
know what species or even what group we’re looking at,� Carvalho said. “That led

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Mixson’s Bone Bed – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/mixsons-bone-bed/

Mixson’s Bone Bed University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality LV009 Location About 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of Williston, Levy County, Florida; 29.41° N, 82.43° W. Age Late Miocene Epoch; early Hemphillian (Hemphillian 1) land mammal age About 8 to 9 million years old (estim
Crews led by Ted Galusha collected the site for Childs Frick (see Galusha, 1975).

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These moths are one of Hawaii’s oldest animal groups. Can they survive the next century? – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/can-hawaiian-moths-survive-the-next-century/

Akito Kawahara was snapping pictures at a scenic outlook in Hawaii when he spotted the moth equivalent of a dodo. An entomologist, Kawahara recognized the squiggly patterns on nearby plants as trails carved by leaf-mining caterpillars and lowered his camera to take a closer look. To his astonishm
According to research led by Johns, the moths’ lineage likely dates back about 21

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Sawfish Conservation & Research – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/sawfish/conservation-research/

The smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) is one of five sawfish species living in tropical and subtropical rivers, lakes, and coastal areas worldwide. They are a fish characterized by long life, slow growth, late maturity, and low fecundity, making them extremely vulnerable to any changes that may
This severe decline in population led to two petitions: the Ocean Conservancy’s 1999

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