Research Alumni The following individuals studied or worked in the Environmental Archaeology Program for an extended period. This list is still preliminary, and we will soon be adding visiting researchers and photos. If you are/know of an alumnus not currently listed or have information regarding a
districts, and well-known cultural areas that have included Downtown Fresno, Downtown Los
The Florida Museum of Natural History, along with the University of Florida and external organizations, offers a variety of funding opportunities to support student research, fieldwork, and professional development. Here, we list available awards and grants, including those offered by the Museum, UF
Non-traditional funding for young scientists and explorers Natural History Museum of Los
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Step back in time and embark on an icy adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Antarctic Dinosaurs” exhibit, opening Oct. 7. While Antarctica is a frozen land of snow today, this exciting exhibition reveals the lush habitat it once was 200 million years ago a
by the Field Museum, Chicago in partnership with the Natural History Museum of Los
The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico, has likely resounded through Caribbean forests for at least 29 million years. A new study published in Biology Letters describes a fragmented arm bone from a frog in the genus Eleutherodactylus, also known as rain frogs or co
Velez-Juarbe, associate curator of marine mammals at the Natural History Museum of Los
R esearchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia’s Calvert Island. The discovery represents the northern-most record of the parasite on the West Coast and is likely an indication of its ability to spread without human transport. Or
shows a sea urchin to Hakai Institute’s Josh Silberg during a 2019 bioblitz in Los
Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking how some mammals reached the Caribbean Islands. The teeth, excavated in northwest Puerto Rico, belong to a previously unknown rodent genus and species, now named Caribeomys merzeraudi. About the size of
Jorge Velez-Juarbe, associate curator of mammalogy at the Natural History Museum of Los
Rhizosmilodon fiteae Quick Facts Common Name: Fite’s saber-tooth cat Rhizosmilodon fiteae is a small-sized, saber-toothed cat known only from Florida; but most species of felids have large geographic ranges, so it would not be surprising to find its fossils in other areas of North America.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, Number 41.
Tapirus polkensis Quick Facts Common Name: Olsen’s dwarf tapir This is the smallest known member of the genus Tapirus. Other „dwarf“ tapirs are known from Europe but are apparently not closely related to Tapirus polkenesis. It is the most abundant mammal at the Gray Fossil Site in eas
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series, Number 41.
Recently, we conducted a hands-on science event at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) in Ocala, about an hour south of Gainesville. One of us (Sourakov) already had a talk prepared about moth biology in conjunction with the launch of his 2022 book, The Lives of Moths, so we
Only bite what you can swallow Coral Trees of Los Angeles and the Moths that Attack
I-75 Site University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL018 Location Southwestern Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, at the intersection of Interstate Highway 75 (I-75) and SR 121 (Williston Road); 29.6° N, 82.4° W. Age Early Oligocene Epoch; later half of Whitneyan land mammal
University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California.
