Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Million

These days, climate change is a hot topic. What will happen as temperatures rise more rapidly than humans have documented in modern history? Will birds and mammals flock or will they be able to acclimate? Who will become extinct? In recent years, scientists have strived to understand the a
warming event known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum that occurred about 56 million

Nico Cellinese, assistant curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History herbarium and informatics, has received a prestigious $865,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation. The grant will support Cellinese’s research on genetic diversity in the flowering plant group Campanulac
During an event 5.9 million years ago known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the

Dozens of Eastern indigo snakes have been released in Florida as part of the Nature Conservancy’s program to reintroduce the rare native species to its historical habitat. Eastern indigo snakes prey on venomous snakes, but they are nonvenomous themselves and are not aggressive when approached. They
Using satellite imagery, the scientists estimate there are currently 30 million metric

A recent paleontology exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History put fossils and scientists on full display. The exhibit featured a live laboratory in which paleontologists and volunteers cleaned and prepared specimens from Montbrook, a nearby fossil site with animal remains that have been pre
Montbrook, a nearby fossil site with animal remains that have been preserved for 5.5 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

Gunn Farm Mine University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality GD006 Location Gunn Farm Mine is located about 7 miles (11.2 km) north of Quincy, Gadsden County, Florida, to the east of Willacoochee Creek and just south of the Florida-Georgia state line. 30.70º N; 84.54º W. Age Middle M
Middle Miocene Epoch; early Barstovian (Barstovian 1) land mammal age 16-15 million

Over the course of four weeks this summer, a motley crew of biologists, engineers, entrepreneurs and programmers gathered at predetermined sites within Windsor Nature Park, a 185-acre tropical rainforest located in the heart of Singapore. They’d traveled from all over the world to participate in a o
Up to 10 winning teams would equally split $2 million and advance to the 2024 finals

Curating: Safeguarding our Treasures Saving the archaeological past does not end with the scientific excavation of sites, or even with writing the reports about those sites. The objects themselves continue to tell us new things about colonial society as new techniques for analysis are invented, and
With several million individual items, a museum—like a library—must have a catalogue

We definitely love to buzz about pollinators! Our friends at the Alachua County libraries invited us to bring Museum treasures to select branches this year. We knew we had to start with our favorite incredible insects! Each Florida Museum Library Showcase is a slice of an exhibit at a different b
With an estimated 5.5 million species, insects are the most diverse group of animals