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The Sun Star enjoyed a wide distribution along both American coasts until the Isthmus of Panama formed 3-4 million years ago. Afterward, many East Coast species went extinct, including the Sun star. The species still thrives today along the Pacific Coast of North and South America. Summ
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
The economic impact of fishing in Florida is estimated to be $5.1 billion annually. This historical specimen of Largemouth Bass would represent a prized catch among fisherman today. Summary Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides floridanus) From Putnam Co., Florida, Jan. 1932 State Freshwate
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Christopher Columbus established the short-lived settlement La Navidad in what is now Haiti. Artifacts from this site provide some of the earliest evidence of Spanish presence in the Americas. This musket ball suggests violent interactions between Spaniards and the local TaÃno. Summary Spanish M
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
Weighing as much as 800 pounds and growing up to 8 feet, Goliath Grouper are vulnerable to overfishing. Staggering population declines led to their complete protection from harvest in U.S. waters since 1990. Though they have made a comeback in Florida, conservationists worry their populations haven’
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This community of bottom-dwelling organisms was rapidly buried, providing a snapshot of marine life not normally seen in the fossil record. Such fossils allow scientists to ask questions that single fossils can’t answer, such as population densities or differences between adults and juveniles. Su
Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating Online Exhibit
Over 1,000 different species of vertebrate animals are known to have lived in Florida over the past 35 million years. Florida has the richest fossil record of vertebrate animals of the eastern United States. This website is designed to provide basic information about each of these species, images o
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While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected over the past 40 years, Florida Museum of Natural History ornithologist Tom Webber inspected an especially fragile reel from the 1960s. “Eventually, even the magnetic plas
Collections Bird calls on demand Digitized collection now available online by