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We’re looking for talented undergraduate and graduate students to join the Blackburn Lab. We’re also excited to host visiting students and scholars. We are actively recruiting graduate students ​that would be enrolled in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment. ​There are not under
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Earth Day, Every Day! This year the Florida Museum, in partnership with the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute, has declared the month of April, Earth Day, Every Day! We invite you to a full month of Earth Day activities and challenges. Each day we have a suggested activity or r
miss these special earth-friendly events this month: April 2-5 | Annual Spring Online

Rationale, Justification, Administration „A herbarium without a library simply cannot function.“ Fosberg, F.R. and M.-H. Sachet. 1965. Manual for tropical herbaria. Regnum Vegetabile, vol. 39. International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature, Utrecht, Netherlands. p.83. Nome
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The Florida Museum’s Paleobotanical Collection includes approximately 250,000 specimens. This is a conservative estimate that does not take into account the fact that an individual hand sample may contain more than one fossil of interest. In addition, the facility houses the John W. Hall paleobotan
The online collection database contains more than 70,000 digitized records of the

The Eskimo Curlew traveled far, breeding in northern Canada and Alaska and wintering in southern South America. Hunting decimated Curlew populations during their spring migration through the U.S. No credible sightings have been reported since the early 1980s. Summary Eskimo Curlew (Numenius bore
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Scientists study ancient climate using “natural archives� such as ice and sediment cores, tree rings and certain animal remains. Sclerosponges grow very slowly, so their limestone skeletons hold local climate records that can go back centuries. Summary Sclerosponge (Acanthochaetetes wellsi) Fro
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Once abundant in the greater Miami area and the Florida Keys, these endangered butterflies are now limited primarily to Biscayne National Park. The Schaus’ population has rebounded significantly due in part to University of Florida conservation efforts and breeding programs. Summary Schaus’ Swal
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Clam shells form yearly growth rings that record changes in the marine environment during the life of the animal. This specimen preserves 32 years of water temperature data from the eastern Gulf Coast, used in past and present climate studies. Summary Cross-section of Hard Clam (Mercenaria campe
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The size of the head on this exceptional example of Veracruz art indicates it came from a figure that was quite large. Such figures have been interpreted as musicians or deities, or props in shamanic performances. Summary Effigy Head Made by Remojadas people, Veracruz, Mexico Dates to ~AD 550–
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Horseshoe Crab blood contains amebocyte cells, which envelop bacteria and prevent them from proliferating. Blood samples from 500,000 crabs are gathered each year to make blood tests that detect bacterial toxins. Summary Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) From Cape May Co., New Jersey, Sept. 2
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