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Feasting at a Cocoa Beach pizza parlor grease bin gave one northern curly-tailed lizard a record-breaking case of constipation. Mouthfuls of insects, an anole and greasy sand congealed into an unpassable glob of poop nearly 80% of the animal’s total body mass – the largest known feces-to-body-mass r
tolerance and adaptability in the lab of Christina Romagosa, assistant research professor

“Into Africa” rather than “Out of Africa” could well be the better description of how certain mammals originated and spread across the world, according to a Florida Museum of Natural History scientist, who has found the first evidence for origins in North America of a mammal group thought to be ende
The paper’s other authors are graduate student Tonya Penkrot and professor Kenneth

Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots of pecan trees in Florida orchards. The good news is that you can eat them — the bad news is that you wouldn’t want to. While Tuber brennemanii and Tuber floridanum are edible “true” truffles, in the same genus as the fragrant unde
will likely discourage people from eating them, said Matthew Smith, an associate professor

The third annual Black in Natural History Museums week will take place Oct 15-21 with online and in-person events that highlight the past and present contributions of Black people to natural history museums. This year, the week’s program offers an exploration of the varied career paths within nat
Buckner, the group’s vice president of communications and an assistant professor

Following more than 40 years of fieldwork, Florida Museum of Natural History malacology curator Fred Thompson was recently recognized for his research on freshwater organisms. The Florida Association of Benthologists presented Thompson with the Award for Excellence in Contributions to Florida Ben
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If you have a computer, you can help move museum research forward in three minutes or less. Community scientists can use Notes from Nature, a digital platform funded by the National Science Foundation, to contribute to research around the world by transcribing handwritten information about museum
That’s why we need the public’s help,” said Julie Allen, assistant professor at the

Teaching in the Caribbean islands Our collecting throughout the Caribbean has taken us to many islands. Before each trip we inquire about the local schools and arrange a trip to visit one or more. These trips are used to explain to the students why we are visiting their island, and why we value the
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Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old. Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Natural History in Berlin made the landmark discovery t
Gene Kritsky, editor of the journal American Entomologist and a biology professor

Pseudemys williamsi Quick Facts Common Name: Williams’ cooter Pseudemys williamsi is a member of the family Emydidae, which includes the pond and box turtles. This species has been only been positively identified from two Florida localities. Pseudemys williamsi has a smooth shell and sh
Williams, a professor at Harvard University who studied recent and fossil turtles

With ocean life facing unprecedented threat from climate change, overfishing, pollution, invasive species and habitat destruction, a University of Florida researcher is helping coordinate national efforts to monitor marine biodiversity. Humans depend on the ocean for food, medicine, transport
Jim Carlton, a professor at Williams College in Massachusetts and director of the