Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Trainer

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a…Drone! – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-adrone/

For those of you who spent time near the center from January to early March of this year, you might have noticed something buzzing around in the distance. Jen Green (South Florida Archaeology Collections Manager, FLMNH) and Daniel Spikowski (Calusa Land Trust) were a couple of the participant
archaeology brings a wealth of new information for us to explore, opportunities to train

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Florida Museum’s 2022 Volunteers of the Year – Volunteers

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/volunteers/blog/florida-museums-2022-volunteers-of-the-year/

After a three-year hiatus, the annual reception honoring museum volunteers for their service resumed. This event celebrates volunteers, acknowledges volunteer effort with service pins in five year increments, reveals the James Pope Cheney Volunteers of the Year, and provides an opportunity for camar
collections, participated in field work in less than ideal conditions, and helped train

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Top killers of Florida birds: Trauma on land, starvation at sea – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/top-killers-of-florida-birds-trauma-on-land-starvation-at-sea/

An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often killed by traumatic injuries, commonly caused by cats or collisions with buildings, windows or vehicles. For seabirds, malnourishment was a leading cause of death
Salvaged birds enable the researchers to train students in specimen preparation and

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Florida Museum focuses efforts to create safe space for autistic community – Pressroom

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2023/11/16/museum-for-me-autistic-community/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Crowded, noisy environments, like zoos and museums, can be stressful and make it difficult for some people on the autism spectrum to enjoy learning. In an effort to create a more inviting environment for all, the Florida Museum of Natural History hosts Museum for Me programs mult
gauge any issues the exhibit might pose for those who are autistic as well as to train

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Florida Museum’s Science Surprises expands to support year-round programing – Pressroom

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2023/09/08/science-surprises-expansion/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Science Surprises program has expanded to now take place throughout the year thanks to more than $40,000 in funding from the Children’s Trust of Alachua County since 2022. The program, which began during the 2019 school year, consists
During the pandemic, museum staff members were able to train educators in person,

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Escape artists: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/birds-avoid-hard-to-catch-butterflies-and-lookalikes/

The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint on a sports car. A new study shows birds can learn to recognize these visual cues, avoiding not only butterflies they’ve failed to nab in the past but similar-looking species as w
tits, birds that would never have encountered tropical Adelpha butterflies, and train

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Glaucia Del-Rio joins the Florida Museum of Natural History as curator of ornithology – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/glaucia-del-rio-joins-the-florida-museum-of-natural-history-as-curator-of-ornithology/

Last week, Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. She replaces retired curator David Steadman, who held the position between 1995 and 2021. Del-Rio was raised in São Paulo, Brazil, a sprawling urban complex with high-ri
birds she studied for her dissertation get their name from their habit of following trains

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Alumni Q&A: Angelo Soto-Centeno – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/soto-centeno/

„I think one thing from the Florida Museum that I’ll always take with me is how approachable my collaborators were and how they had a genuine commitment to my success as a scientist.“ Meet Angelo Soto-Centeno, assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at Rutgers University-Newark
I train many students in my lab to conduct research on different questions pertaining

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In Gabon with a professional frog-catcher – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/gabon-professional-frog-catcher/

University of Florida Ph.D. student Gregory Jongsma has been obsessed with Africa’s wildlife since his childhood. Not the animals you might see on a safari, though. Each summer, Jongsma travels to Gabon, a country on the west coast of Africa, to study its vast array of frogs with the help of his loc
Following a 14-hour train journey from Libreville, the capital city of Gabon on the

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Flashback – Allyn Museum of Entomology – McGuire Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/news/2022/07/flashback-allyn-museum-of-entomology/

On February 9th, 1981, Arthur C. Allyn, Jr. signed an agreement transferring the assets and collections of the Allyn Museum to the University of Florida Foundation to ultimately be housed in a new wing of what was then called the Florida State Museum. The Allyn Museum, located in Sarasota, Florida,
building in Sarasota now serves as an educational center for the Jungle Gardens to train

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