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Elephant-like tusks. A toe bone of an ancient condor. Even a snapping turtle with a smaller turtle coming out of its nose. Some of the discoveries being made at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new dig site in Williston, Florida, are odd and seemingly out of place, to say the least. Animal
The lab is where thousands of 5.5 million-year-old fossils ranging from turtles and

from the Florida Museum of Natural History
primate family tree are now more clearly defined in the fossil record, and about 10 million

The genus Hippidion has been considered a descendant of Pliohippus, while others postulate it is a member of the genus Equus, the genus that includes the living horses, asses and zebras. Where & When? These huge extinct browsing horses lived in South America during the Ice Age, between 2 mil
huge extinct browsing horses lived in South America during the Ice Age, between 2 million

Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800 352-273-1933 lott@flmnh.ufl.edu Collections Genetic Resources Repository Paleobotany Education B.S. in Botany, Post-baccalaureate and Tropical Botany studies, University of Florida
News Sep 18, 2019 Fingerprints of ancient forests offer rare look at Florida 16 million

Like many children, Rachel Narducci gained a love and appreciation of dinosaurs from the movie “Jurassic Park.� Unlike most kids she turned that love of ancient life —and more importantly, fossils — into her career. On Sept. 12, Narducci officially stepped into her new role as collections manager
graduate student and will now take on the role of managing the museum’s more than 1 million

Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is a remarkable example of evolutionary innovation. While the compound nepetalactone drives two-thirds of cats batty, likely by mimicking sex pheromones, its real purpose
Nepeta cataria, began to evolve a biochemical pathway for making iridoids about 20 million

A group of scientists has created the first comprehensive evolutionary reconstruction of the many families of flowering plants, an achievement that could aid in the search for plant-based cures for diseases and improve agricultural crops. The group, which includes two Florida Museum of Natura
, comprising at least 250,000 species, with the oldest originating at least 130 million

What’s going on? Did you know that Florida has fossils? The state’s unique geological history set the stage for the exceedingly rare process of preserving remains of plants and animals of the past.  Shark teeth are some of the most common fossils found in the state, especially in creek beds and
Florida’s fossil record goes back over 50 million years!

A new study shows mammals change their dietary niches based on climate-driven environmental changes, contradicting a common assumption that species maintain their niches despite global warming. Led by Florida Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist Larisa DeSantis, researchers exa
two sites representing different climates in Florida: a glacial period about 1.9 million

Contact Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity 3215 Hull Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710 352-273-2012 kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu Collections & Programs Systematics of Neotropical Butterflies Lab McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiv
15, 2023 Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America About 100 million