Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Professor

Adriatic ecosystems withstand major climate shifts but wither under human impact – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/adriatic-ecosystems-withstand-major-climate-shifts-but-wither-under-human-impact/

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

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/potentially-lethal-parasite-rat-lungworm-found-throughout-florida/

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

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Shedding light on ancient climate change – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/shedding-light-on-ancient-climate-change/

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

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/ancient-primates-had-grooming-claws/

Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. But how, when and why we transitioned from claws to nails has been an evolutionary head-scratcher. Now, new fossil evidence shows that ancient primates – including one of the oldest known, Teilhardina brandti
removing pests would be an evolutionary advantage, said Doug Boyer, an associate professor

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Crawl, buzz or flutter to the Florida Museum’s new insects exhibit opening May 25 – Pressroom

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2024/05/15/incredible-insects-exhibit/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s latest special exhibit invites visitors to take an up-close look at the often-hidden world of insects and the researchers that study them. Opening May 25, “Science Up Close: Incredible Insects” is a collaborative endeavor between the F
discussing entomology is how many ways insects affect our lives,” said Andrew Short, professor

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Three new extinct walnut species discovered in high Arctic mummified forest – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/three-new-extinct-walnut-species-discovered-in-high-arctic-mummified-forest/

In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The fossils were discovered further north than any known walnut species, living or extinct, and represent some of the oldest-known records of this group. Today, the Canadian islan
closest living trees are 3,000 kilometers away,” said study co-author James Basinger, professor

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Moths enlist additional troops in an evolutionary arms race – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/moths-enlist-additional-troops-in-an-evolutionary-arms-race/

While a clear night sky might seem quiet and peaceful to us, empty of everything but stars, this nocturnal world is filled with a high-pitched cacophony of sound just beyond our ability to hear. Bats pierce the shadows with ultrasonic pulses that enable them to construct an auditory map of their sur
Lead author Jesse Barber, a biology professor at Boise State University, says more

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

New 5-million-year-old Saber-toothed cat – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-5-million-year-old-saber-toothed-cat/

After being stored in the Florida Museum of Natural History collections for 20 years, researchers have described a new genus and species of extinct saber-toothed cat from Polk County, Fla., based on additional fossil acquisitions. When the animal was originally named in the 1980s, the study’s aut
and later collaborated with the study’s lead author, Steven Wallace, an associate professor

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Best way to learn about island biology? Live on an island – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/best-way-to-learn-about-island-biology/

Mud in your shoes and a squirming turtle in hand may not sound like a typical college class, but for students taking Island Biology, this was to be expected. Over the 10-day course, University of Florida and Santa Fe College undergraduates got a taste of both the rigor and thrill of conducting fi
course, the students helped Sheehy and his collaborator Ben Atkinson, an assistant professor

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden

Bringing a fossil dig to the classroom – Florida Museum Blog

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/museum-blog/bringing-a-fossil-dig-to-the-classroom/

It was a chilly February day. A handful of Florida teachers gathered on the edge of a dirt pit in rural Levy County. Wind whipped across the open landscape, toying with scarves and making the little flags scattered around the pit dance on their long stems. Florida’s weak winter sunlight was sharp in
Bruce is a distinguished professor and curator of vertebrate paleontology, but most

    Kategorien:
  • International
Seite melden