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If you’d stopped monitoring the Adriatic Sea’s marine life in the mid-20th century, the outlook would have been promising. Snails and the clams they hunt for food increased in abundance for several decades during the late 1800s and early 1900s, evidence of a vibrant and healthy ecosystem. Then, a
predators and less competition from other species,” said Martin Zuschin, a paleontology professor

As a University of Florida graduate student, one of Erin Thornton’s first assignments was to identify turkey bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala. Determined to please her adviser, Thornton thoroughly examined the features of the bones, which dated to the Late Preclass
re-examine previously recovered bones, said Florida State University anthropology professor

Ask many Americans what they know about early colonial America, and Disney’s “Pocahontas” will probably enter the conversation. Although the classic cartoon may help children connect with nature, it popularizes the misconception that Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent European settlemen
the only early place here,” said Kathleen Deagan, Florida Museum distinguished professor

Feet from the raw bars and sherbet-colored condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, researchers discovered a new species of egg-sucking sea slug, a rare outlier in a group famous for being ultra-vegetarians. Named Olea hensoni in honor of Muppets creator Jim Henson, the slug belongs to the sacoglossa
Eyes’ kind of way and have gone almost full-blown cannibal,” said Patrick Krug, professor

Walk a short distance through the Amazon Rainforest, and you might witness what look like dead leaves launch from the ground and fly off into the understory. These masters of disguise are euptychiines, one of the most diverse and least understood groups of butterflies in the American Tropics. The
that often get called ‘brown, boring butterflies,’” said André Freitas, a biology professor

The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center was hit by two major hurricanes this year. Helene rolled along the Gulf Coast in September, and less than a month later, Milton slammed into the peninsula between Tampa and Fort Myers at a nearly 90-degree angle. The area was subjected to 120 mph winds
in a society,” said Jason von Meding, the executive director of GatorCorps and professor

Previous Research Curassows Andean guans Curassows Curassows (Family: Cracidae) are among the most threatened neotropical birds due to hunting pressure and logging. They are large birds (2-4 kg), which spend most of their time in the forest floor and only go in the trees to roost, to esc
Robinson Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation 352-273-1965 Florida Museum

Dozens of Eastern indigo snakes have been released in Florida as part of the Nature Conservancy’s program to reintroduce the rare native species to its historical habitat. Eastern indigo snakes prey on venomous snakes, but they are nonvenomous themselves and are not aggressive when approached. They
levels in fish in managed wetlands,” said lead researcher Brett Poulin, an assistant professor

“Science is a team sport,” said Roger Creel, a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, speaking to the importance of the 31st annual West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Workshop he recently attended in Gainesville, Florida.  When the playing field is a melting ice sheet, and the s
Reed Scherer, a professor at Northern Illinois University, presented this seemingly

Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night – or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated. A new Florida Museum of Natural History study offers the first comprehensive overview of the surprisingly complex question of when butterflies and moths are act
framework by compiling existing data, said lead author Akito Kawahara, associate professor