NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Banded Watersnake, Florida Watersnake Basic description Most adult Southern Watersnakes are about 22-42 inches (56-107 cm) in total length. These are stout-bodied snakes with broad black, brown, or red crossbands (often bordered with black) down the back. The ligh
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Gibbons, J.W. and M.E.
More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in Carolina and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. Battling slave catchers and dangerous swamps, they helped establish the first American underground railroad more than a century
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 261-82.
VENOMOUS Other common names Copperhead, Southern Copperhead, Highland Moccasin, Chunk Head Basic description The average adult Eastern Copperhead is 22-36 inches long (56-91 cm) in total length. This snake is stout-bodied with a distinctive hourglass pattern of broad light brown and dark brown c
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Fitch, H.S. 1960.
NON-VENOMOUS, NON-NATIVE Other common names Brahminy Blind Snake, Flowerpot Snake Basic description Most adult Brahminy Blindsnakes are about 4.4–6.5 inches (11.2–16.5 cm) in total length. These snakes are small, thin, and shiny silver gray, charcoal gray, or purple. The head and tail both appea
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 668 pp. Krysko, K.L., K.M.
A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch a new initiative to “teleport� specimens from museum shelves to the internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public. The oVert project, short
the University of Michigan, the University of Texas, Austin, the University of Washington
The University of Florida Herbarium maintains a non-circulating reference library of publications pertinent to the naming and classification of vascular plants (plant taxonomy and nomenclature). The literature in this collection contains descriptions, geographical ranges and keys for differentiatin
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Archeology Section, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C.
Perhaps you have worn a string of pearls around your neck, paid for a diver to retrieve what you hope is a lucky shell or recognize these lustrous gems as your birth stone. But have you ever wondered where these iconic minerals come from, what makes a pearl a true pearl, and how a pearl can become a
These pearls are from Trawick Cave in Florida’s Washington County.
Hydrolagus colliei This smooth, scale-less chimaera can grow to 24 inches long, a good deal of which is the long tail. It’s named for its brown-gray iridescent coloring, spotted with white. It has a short, rabbit-like face, large triangular pectoral fins, and a short dorsal fin that starts with a
collected from the rectal glands of spotted ratfish collected near San Juan Island, Washington
Like many other white Americans, after the murder of George Floyd, I felt the immediate need to do something, anything to better understand and ultimately dismantle systemic racism. Many amazing books, documentaries, and podcasts have already been recommended across social media and if you Google “b
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