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When most people hear the words Guantanamo Bay, they immediately think of the infamous prison built there in 2001. But for Roger Portell, an invertebrate paleontologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Guantanamo means the chance to collect marine fossils on an island that is otherwise larg
On the second visit, Portell and Toomey found a site dating back 20 to 25 million

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

Fossil evidence shows that the two-horned rhinoceros once roamed the plains of North America in great numbers. The bones and tooth wear seen in this bone bed reveal a mix of juveniles, mature adults and older individuals. Summary Rhinoceros Bone Bed (Menoceras) From Western Nebraska Lived ~20
Grace Summary Rhinoceros Bone Bed (Menoceras) From Western Nebraska Lived ~20 million

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

Though a relatively short epoch, tremendous events occurred during the Pliocene, such as the development of ice caps, the drying of the Mediterranean, and the joining of the Americas. Biogeographically, this epoch is characterized by the dramatic modernization of mammals. All of the presently exist
Fossil Horses The Pliocene Epoch 5.3 Million to 1.75 Million Years Ago Fossil

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

A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the vitamin-producing bacterial sidekicks that enable them to parasitize mammals, including primates and humans. Lice depend on bacteria to supply essential vitamins mis
primates and humans have hosted their endosymbionts continuously for at least 20 to 25 million

Drying waterholes, baked brown grasses, and the ever-blowing hot wind greeted us, as my wife Shelley and I pushed our dust-coated car down the dirt roads toward Toadstool Park. We drove from Florida to this desolate corner of Northwestern Nebraska to collect fossil tortoises (add in time element her
mid-continent of North America in the late Eocene and early Oligocene epochs, some 30 to 35 million

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Jeanette… Read More Scientists analyzed more than 31 million iNaturalist records

Jonathan Bloch has been appointed chair of the Florida Museum of Natural History department of natural history. In the new role, Bloch plans to work with the museum’s team of faculty curators, collections managers, postdoctoral researchers and students to continue documenting the world’s biodiver
research and education.� The department has 30 faculty who manage about $65 million