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Pristis zijsron Sawfish look a lot like sharks, but they are actually rays. Their unusual snout, or rostrum, is studded with „teeth“ (specialized scales) and is used to stun schooling fish by swinging side to side. The green sawfish is the largest species of sawfish, growing to 24 feet in length.
In Australia, occurrences have been reported from Broome (Western Australia) to Sydney
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
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.
Carcharhinus acronotus Blacknose sharks get their name from the dark blotch on the tip of their snout which often fades on older adults. This shark has a streamlined shape and matures to just over 4 feet long. It feeds on smaller fish and sometimes octopus, and falls prey to larger sharks. When c
When confronted in the wild, the blacknose shark might take a defensive posture,
As part of its work to save wildlife, the Disney Conservation Fund awarded funding to two University of Florida research centers to continue conservation efforts for imperiled butterflies and sea turtles. The programs will receive $350,000 each, bringing the total of Disney’s support for UF conserva
butterflies in the U.S., has a few remaining populations restricted to the Key West
The United States has lost its only stand of the massive Key Largo tree cactus in what researchers believe is the first local extinction of a species caused by sea level rise in the country. The Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii) still grows on a few scattered islands in the Caribb
Small noted that the Key tree cactus “was for a long time very abundant [on Key West
Amphiprion ocellaris These small reef fish are usually found as a bright orange color with three white bands outlined in very fine black lines, but regionally some are a darker red-orange or even black with white bands. Each fish forms a relationship with a specific sea anemone, acclimating its p
language common names include common clownfish, false-clown anemonefish, nemo, and western
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
recent example is a large butterfly that used to be known as Pseudodebis celia from western
What Is Palynology? Palynology is the study of plant pollen, spores and certain microscopic plankton organisms (collectively termed palynomorphs) in both living and fossil form. Botanists use living pollen and spores (actuopalynology) in the study of plant relationships and evolution, while geologi
Wildflower, North America’s Magazine of Wild Flora, volume 10, number 3, pages 24
Sea anemones are soft-bodied, underwater predators known for their bright colors, flowerlike arrangement of tentacles and the tendency to eat just about anything they can catch and fit into their mouths. In line with this last trait, researchers examining the gut contents of the giant plumose anemon
In the past, the most common way to determine what marine animals ate in the wild
