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Read More Ceramic Vessel Archaeologists and historians estimate that up to 100 million
I have always loved to read, but it is a pastime that I seldom find time for these days. As my schedule this summer began filling up—classes, interning, tutoring, general life stuff, etc. I realized, much to my dismay, this summer was not going to serve as an opportunity to catch up on the titles
One million years ago would put us at 997,980 BCE, so we have officially left the
Titanis walleri Quick Facts Common Name: Waller’s terror bird Titanis walleri belongs to the family Phorusrhacidae, an extinct group of Tertiary birds otherwise known only from South America. Titanis is the only confirmed member from North America. They were large, predatory, flightless bi
epochs; late Hemphillian (Hh4) to late Blancan land mammal ages About 5 to 1.8 million
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests June 14, 2018 About 99 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
Recently iDigBio produced a video discussing digitization of collections, featuring the Florida Museum collections and scientists to illustrate a common collections environment, alongside the iDigBio team. iDigBio is the National Science Foundation’s coordinating resource for the digitization of
Read article: iDigBio receives $15.5 million grant to digitize collections Video
A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously thought, measuring up to 65 feet, nearly the length of two school buses. Earlier studies had ball-parked the massive predator at about 50 to 60 feet long. The revised estimate is t
known remains of the fearsome shark that dominated oceans from about 23 to 3.6 million
Many folks seem to be under the mistaken impression that a herbarium is a place where herbs are grown. Actually, it’s a collection of plant specimens preserved, labeled and stored in an organized manner that facilitates access. You can think of it as a library of dried plant specimens used fo
The largest herbaria in the world (each with 7 to 9.5 million specimens) are located
Our website is vast, with many thousands of pages and millions of
an exhibit highlighting a selection of objects from our collections of over 40 million
Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you’ve probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are considered threatened or endangered at the state or federal level, and nearly all scrub mints grow in areas that are being rapidly developed or converted to
the introduction of invasive species.Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Three million
