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Christopher Columbus. Admiral of the Ocean Sea. The Great Navigator. Renown as the champion of the belief that the earth was round. The man who sought the riches of the Far East by sailing to the west, and who happened instead upon a New World. The man who discovered America.  How accurate is the po
As Professor Carl Sauer noted in The Early Spanish Main: “Columbus had originated

The mysterious appearance of numerous ancient duck bones dating to the sixth century at the Pineland archaeological site on Pine Island in southwest Florida was the first clue to one Museum researcher’s new understanding of the state’s environmental history. Karen Walker, assistant scientist of s
past impacted people and how those people responded,” said Fred Andrus, associate professor

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — YouTube science communicator Emily Graslie and award-winning author Robin Wall Kimmerer will be the 2021 keynote speakers for the National Endowment of the Arts Big Read Alachua County. The Big Read, a series of free virtual events that build community and highlight women in sc
Kimmerer is a professor at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental

Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating hair. Armadillos, with their protective and flexible shell of imbricated bon
maintain a colony of these rare creatures for research,� said Maden, a biology professor

A 3-inch, monogamous, hermaphrodite proves the saying “there’s plenty more fish in the sea� isn’t always the case. For the tiny fish found in the coral reefs off Panama, a lifelong relationship with its partner doesn’t come without some give and take. In fact, the faithful pair owe their evolutiona
from their own long-term relationships,� said Hart, lead author and an adjunct professor

University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties. Rats and snails in Alachua, Leon, St. Johns, Orange and Hillsborough counties tested positive for the parasite, according to a study in PLoS O
parasite’s geographic range in Florida, said Heather Stockdale Walden, an assistant professor

Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and collaborating institutions have been collectively awarded $2,837,441 in funding from the National Science Foundation this month. Awards were distributed to faculty members in archaeology, vertebrate paleontology, Lepidoptera, biodiversity info
Gabriela Hamerlinck, a professor in the University of Florida’s geography department

An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the last ice age. Scientists from the Florida Museum of Natural History and several European research institutions tracked the history of Adriatic ecosystems throug
it’s probably because of us,� said lead author Daniele Scarponi, an associate professor

Researchers picking through the contents of fossil clams from a Sarasota County quarry found dozens of tiny glass beads, likely the calling cards of an ancient meteorite. Analysis of the beads suggests they are microtektites, particles that form when the explosive impact of an extraterrestrial ob
and Planetary Science “They really stood out,� said Meyer, now an assistant professor

Sharing caves with millions of bats, the Caribbean’s first humans may have driven some species of the winged mammals to extinction. “Scientists have been studying bat fossils in the Caribbean for years,� said David Steadman, curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. “The pr
trouble if your food source is being wiped out.� Liliana Dávalos, assistant professor