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Scientists uncover the unexpected identity of mezcal worms – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-uncover-the-unexpected-identity-of-mezcal-worms/

Mezcal is a distilled alcohol made from the boiled and fermented sap of agave plants. Most mezcal beverages — including all brands of tequila — are sold as pure distillates, but a few have an added stowaway bottled inside: worms. Called gusanos de maguey (Spanish for agave worms), these odd organ
Their large, milky-white caterpillars parasitize several agave species, boring tunnels

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Have you seen these big, hairy bees? Scientists tracking two rare species in Florida, Georgia – Research News

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Florida Museum of Natural History researchers are asking for help tracking two obscure species of ultra-fuzzy, fast-flying native bees that are most active from August through October. Southeastern plasterer bees live in scrub, pineland and sandhill habitats; adjacent open areas; and along roadsi
Females of many species in the plasterer bee family line the tunnels of their nests

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Clay Chronicles – Ceramic Technology Lab

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ceramiclab/blog/clay-chronicles/

One of the hardest parts of working from home these days is being separated from hands-on projects in the lab and collections. Museum people want to have their stuff nearby. As the manager of the Ceramic Tech Lab, I normally have many different projects going on: identifying and sorting pottery fro
As it is fired, the organic moss burns away, leaving tiny tunnels in the pottery.

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Five Facts: Bees in Florida – Research News

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While we often think of bees as fuzzy, black and yellow-striped buzzy insects that live in hives like the honey bee, the truth is more gorgeous and diverse than that! Honey bees do a lot of agricultural labor for humans and are very important to farming, but here in North America most of these domes
Most Florida species nest in the ground by digging tunnels in the soil or sand.

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UF study: Use nest-box control for South Florida nuisance iguanas – Research News

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Health and safety risks from non-native iguanas in south Florida have prompted a University of Florida researcher and his team to recommend widespread use of artificial nest boxes to control the reptiles‘ population growth. Homeowners and property managers have grown weary of green iguanas eating
eating shrubs and damaging foundations and seawalls with subterranean nests and tunnels

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New genus of tiny, iridescent snake from Philippines found in collection – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-iridescent-snake-from-philippines/

To be fair, the newly described Waray dwarf burrowing snake is pretty great at hiding. In its native habitat on the islands of Samar and Leyte in the Philippines, the snake usually surfaces only after heavy rains, similar to earthworms washing up on suburban sidewalks after a downpour. So, it
covered in ultra-smooth, iridescent scales that likely reduce friction while it tunnels

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Taking a bite out of frog tooth evolution: Amphibian group has lost teeth more than 20 times – Research News

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Scientists have long known that frogs are oddballs when it comes to teeth. Some have tiny teeth on their upper jaws and the roof of their mouths while others sport fanglike structures. Some species are completely toothless. And only one frog, out of the more-than 7,000 species, has true teeth on bot
And the turtle frog, a toothless burrowing species in Australia, tunnels through

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Undergraduate Internship Program – Florida Museum of Natural History

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Established with the aim of increasing the outreach of Florida Museum programs across the UF campus, this internship award program seeks to support undergraduate students by facilitating their work on museum-based internship projects. Internships are to be focused on gaining experience in collectio
lifestyle and others that have completely lost their limbs and reside in subterranean tunnels

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A natural history of the Red Sea and the uncertain future of its corals – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/a-natural-history-of-the-red-sea-and-the-uncertain-future-of-its-corals/

Early in May 2023, a small team of marine biologists arrived in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. They’d flown into the local airport from Guam, the United States, Portugal, Spain and Japan, and they’d soon rendezvous with colleagues from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST
reef flattens into a broad roof pockmarked by fissures, blow holes and fish-sized tunnels

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