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Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch pollen; suck blood; and prey on frogs, birds, lizards and even other bats. T
They’re also the oldest bat fossils from Central America, preserved 20-million years

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New research indicating early humans acquired public lice from gorillas about 3.3 million

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The first find of the day was an 18-million year … Continue Today we prepared Thomas

Alligator olseni is one of the best known extinct crocodilians. These fossils are an intermediate species between primitive and more recent alligators, and hold important clues to understanding alligator evolution. Summary Ancient Alligator Skull (Alligator olseni) From Gilchrist Co., Florida
Ancient Alligator Skull (Alligator olseni) From Gilchrist Co., Florida Lived ~18 million

Every so often scientists discover a plant or animal that was thought to be extinct. A dramatic example is the Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), a prehistoric-looking fish found off the coast of Madagascar in 1938. It had been presumed that this type of primitive, lobe-finned fish had not existed fo
been presumed that this type of primitive, lobe-finned fish had not existed for 65 million

Seagrass meadows have functioned as critical nurseries for tens of millions of years
Seagrass (Thalassodendron auricula–leporis) From Levy Co., Florida Lived ~47-41 million

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Research News Vijay Barve About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting

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The consensus is that, in most… Read More About 100 million years ago, a group of

A fruit from a mahogany tree that flourished in the time of the dinosaurs has been named in honor of Steven Manchester, curator of paleobotany at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Described by Brian Atkinson of the University of Kansas, the exceptionally well-preserved fossil is the earliest
the earliest record of the mahogany family, Meliaceae, dating between 72 and 79 million