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Checkerspots and other Brush-footed butterflies Microlepidoptera Zoomed-on Micros Wild

A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction. This first-of-its-kind, taxonomically diverse assessment evaluated nearly 1,600 species—including bees, beetles, butterflies, moths, flower flies, bats a
And you don’t have to go hog wild on this. Little changes can go a long way.

Naturalists noticed declining populations of the once-common Carolina Parakeets as early as the 1830s. By the end of the 19th century, they were restricted to Florida. These eggs, collected on the Kissimmee Prairie, may be the last sign of this once common bird. Summary Carolina Parakeet Eggs (C
It probably ranged from as far west as Colorado north to the northern part of the

Riley Gott began his doctoral studies in August 2022 studying the taxonomy and systematics of the primarily Neotropical butterfly genera Dalla, Ladda, and Piruna (family Hesperiidae), under a joint graduate assistantship from the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and the Entomology and
Checkerspots and other Brush-footed butterflies Microlepidoptera Zoomed-on Micros Wild

Anoxypristis cuspidata Although sawfish look similar to sharks, they are actually highly modified rays. The ‚teeth‘ on the rostrum, snout, are actually enlarged specialize denticles. The narrow sawfish differs from other sawfish species as it lacks rostral teeth at the base of the rostrum. Ord
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Pristis pristis Although sawfish look somewhat like sharks, they are actually rays. They have an elongated snout or „rostrum“ that is studded with teeth that they swing from side to side to stun schooling fishes, crustaceans and invertebrates upon which they feed. Large tooth sawfishes are most c
occasional contemporary records from Central America, Northern Brazil and a few West

Mycteroperca microlepis This oblong fish has small eyes over a pointed snout, and a continuous dorsal fin to a square caudal fin. Their colors vary by age and gender, but they range from gray to light brown with darker blotches or squiggles, giving it a faint marble pattern, or darker to a camouf
They prefer rocky or grassy bottoms of coastal waters in the Western Atlantic, where

Caecilians have arrived in Miami. Florida Fish and Wildlife biologists captured one of the obscure legless amphibians in the Tamiami Canal, the first example of an introduced caecilian in the U.S. Florida Museum of Natural History scientists used DNA testing to identify the specimen as the Rio Ca
“Very little is known about these animals in the wild, but there’s nothing particularly

S cientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding a rare, hopeful note in a story rife with extinction. Pacific island land snails are among the world’s most imperiled wildlife, with more recorded extinctions since 1600 than any other group of animals. Hawaii’s once
“There are so many things in our collection that we can no longer find in the wild

The following is a reverse chronological listing of 395 known publications in which Florida Museum of Natural History paleobotanical and palynological specimens are cited or figured. From 1965 to 1989, most specimens are cited with the prefix IU (collection of Indiana University, Bloomington, India
Palm fruits from the Oligocene of west coastal Peru.