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Florida Museum of Natural History
through Ceramic Style in Formative Mexico March 9, 2021, 1:00 PM EST Associate Professor
Florida Museum of Natural History
through Ceramic Style in Formative Mexico March 9, 2021, 1:00 PM EST Associate Professor
Merychippus represents a milestone in the evolution of horses. Though it retained the primitive character of 3 toes, it looked like a modern horse. Merychippus had a long face. Its long legs allowed it to escape from predators and migrate long distances to feed. It had high-crowned cheek teeth, maki
ruminated. Merychippus got its name because the crests of the teeth of reminded Professor
Tourism may be damaging the very destinations treasured by visitors. Global tourism has increased fourfold over the last 30 years, resulting in human-induced shell loss that may harm natural habitats worldwide, according to Florida Museum of Natural History Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontolog
due to tourism,� said Geerat Vermeij, a mollusk shell expert and distinguished professor
A new paper published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species covering almost 8,00
into plant evolutionary history,� said co-author Pam Soltis, a distinguished professor
Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which rarely preserves in the fossil record. Gordon Hubbell has perhaps the world’s largest and best-preserved collection of rare shark jaws and teeth, including the only complete fossilized skull of a Great White Shark. Summary Ancient Great White Shark
Bruce MacFadden Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology* Distinguished Professor Florida
Two faculty members at the Florida Museum of Natural History have been elected as 2023 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. David Blackburn, curator of herpetology, and Robert Guralnick, curator of biodiversity
Florida were chosen as 2023 AAAS fellows, including Karen Bjorndal, a distinguished professor
Stephanie Killingsworth has been named a recipient of the Winifred Goldring Award by the Association for Women Geoscientists. This national award is presented annually to female graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and acumen in paleontology and related fields of research.
honorable mentions Awards & Honors David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor
University of Florida
Gretchen Lescord is an assistant professor of applied limnology in the School of
A species unknown to science until the 1990s, Florida False Rosemary occurs in small populations in very restricted scrub habitats in Putnam County. The plant was quickly put on the endangered species list, protecting the lands where it occurs from future development. Summary Florida False Rosem
Walter Judd Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Florida Biology Department
The Dusky Salamander was once common in the southeastern United States. In recent years, UF researchers have documented population drops and even disappearances within its range, such as in Devil’s Millhopper sinkhole in Gainesville where they were once abundant. Summary Southern Dusky Salamande
Kenneth Dodd Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation