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Catnip’s chemical attractant is new twist on old family tradition – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/catnip-twist-on-old-family-tradition/

Catnip is most famous for its ability to launch felines into a euphoric frenzy, but the origin of its cat-attracting chemical is a remarkable example of evolutionary innovation. While the compound nepetalactone drives two-thirds of cats batty, likely by mimicking sex pheromones, its real purpose
Florida Museum of Natural History curator and University of Florida distinguished professor

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Florida Springs Film Series: Biodiversity – Florida Museum

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/event/springs-biodiversity/

Our springs are not only a valuable water resource and outdoor leisure destination, they are unique, fragile ecosystems that are profoundly affected by human activity. Take a virtual deep dive into Florida’s springs with us and University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute. Two special
documentary filmmaker Jerry Johnston, leader of The Santa Fe River Turtle Project and professor

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Herbarium – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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A herbarium is a scientific collection of plant specimens, often dried and pressed, and can be vascular plants and parts, seeds, fungi, wood, lichens and bryophytes. The University of Florida Herbarium at the Florida Museum has holdings of approximately half of a million specimens.* The collection
He was a horticulturist and biologist from Iowa who came to Lake City as a professor

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Vertebrate Paleontology – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/collections/Vertebrate-Paleontology/

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection houses the nation’s third-largest collection of cataloged vertebrate fossils, with a total of about 900,000 specimens mainly from the last 65 million years (the Cenozoic Era).* About 75% of the specimens are from about 1,200 localities in Florida. Other major c
Brodkorb Fossil Bird Collection Assembled by Professor Pierce Brodkorb of the University

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Three-toed Transitional Horse – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, located on the center island in the Miocene Epoch. Summary Three-toed Transitional Horse (Parahippus leonensis) From Gilchrist Co., Florida Lived ~18 million years ago Collection Vertebrate Paleon
Bruce MacFadden Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology* Distinguished Professor* Florida

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Miocene Megatoothed Shark – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, located in the front entrance shark jaw case. Summary Miocene Megatoothed Shark (Carcharodon megalodon) From Duval Co., Florida Lived ~7-5 million years ago Collection Vertebrate Paleontology Sto
Bruce MacFadden Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology* Distinguished Professor* Florida

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Florida Museum researcher advances to finals in multimillion-dollar biodiversity competition – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/florida-museum-researcher-advances-to-finals-in-multimillion-dollar-biodiversity-competition/

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
House is a member of Team Waponi, which is led by Thomas Walla, a professor of biology

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Marine fossils are a reliable benchmark for degrading and collapsing ecosystems – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/marine-fossils-are-a-reliable-benchmark-for-degrading-and-collapsing-ecosystems/

Biologists attempting to conserve and restore denuded environments are limited by their scant knowledge of what those environments looked like before the arrival of humans. This is especially true of coastal ecosystems, many of which had already been drastically altered by pollution and overharvesti
Carrie Tyler, currently an assistant professor of biology at the University of Nevada

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