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April 9, 2024 In a new book, a father and daughter scientist duo explore the 100-million-year

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

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

The Florida mouse and gopher tortoise have been in a serious relationship for thousands of years. Theirs is a commensal one: The Florida mouse uses the gopher tortoise’s burrow as shelter from the heat, but the tortoise gains nothing. While the mouse also makes its way into other animals’
that the gopher tortoise and Florida mouse have lived together for at least 1.35 million

mako sharks, Megalodon was a dominant marine predator in the world’s oceans for millions
Johns Co., Florida Lived ~11–5 million years ago Collection Vertebrate Paleontology

Giant Armadillos and Ground Sloths came to North America from the south during the interchange. Like most “megafauna,” they became extinct around 11,000 years ago, but are common in fossil deposits today. Summary Giant Armadillo Skull (Holmesina floridanus) From Citrus Co., Florida Lived ~1.8
Giant Armadillo Skull (Holmesina floridanus) From Citrus Co., Florida Lived ~1.8 million

Museum scientists have discovered nearly 500 Parahippus jaws from the Thomas Farm Fossil site, allowing study of differences between juveniles and adults. It’s important to understand how an organism changes within its lifetime before defining how a species evolves over time. Summary Ancient Hor
Ancient Horse Jaws (Parahippus leonensis) From Gilchrist Co., Florida Lived ~18 million

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Mississippi thought to be from Hernando de… Read More Collections iDigBio receives $20 million

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More Awards & Honors Florida Museum curator helps team score 1st-place and $5 million

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More Awards & Honors Florida Museum curator helps team score 1st-place and $5 million