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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
Bulletin of the Allyn Museum The Bulletin of the Allyn Museum (ISSN-0097-3211) is a peer-reviewed intermittent publication of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. The Bulletin was originally published by
Checkerspots and other Brush-footed butterflies Microlepidoptera Zoomed-on Micros Wild
Carcharhinus leucas These large stout sharks are found in both salt and fresh water. They have been recorded in rivers hundreds of miles from the sea but are most commonly found in marine, estuarine environments close to shore (Simpfendorfer and Burgess 2009). Bull sharks can grow to a total
there is no current evidence that aquarium collecting has had an impact on the wild
Parablennius marmoreus This tiny fish rarely gets to be more than 3 inches long. Although it has a few look-alike fish, it is easily recognized by the tufts of branched cirri above each eye. Its elongated body with blunt head is ideal for life in the shallows among rocks, seaweed, and seafloor li
with a good source of plant material such as microalgae to mimic its diet in the wild
More than 250 years ago, enslaved Africans risked their lives to escape English plantations in the Carolinas and find freedom among the Spanish living at St. Augustine. In the late 1600s, enslaved Africans began to escape from English plantations in the Carolinas upon hearing that the Spaniards in
Many came from regions of West Africa, but also from Cuba, Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua
Galeorhinus galeus This abundant, migrating, schooling shark is a strong swimmer that can travel 35 miles in a day and is found from the open sea all the way inshore to the surf zone. It is slender and dusky colored, with large eyes and mouth in a pointed snout, triangular fins, and a strong, asy
warnings of mercury in their flesh, and the population is considered vulnerable in the wild
Wow! Looking back at 2021 is quite an adventure. This year brought some challenges, but we also saw some pretty exciting things here at the Florida Museum. We have so much gratitude for our supporters and friends, visitors, staff and online fans for making this year so amazing! Join us in a quick
Don’t miss the current West Gallery exhibit, Inner Beauty, which offers a gorgeous
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi These ancient fish lack teeth, and instead of scales, have bony plates called scutes. They have a limited habitat, living in the Gulf of Mexico most of the time, and then swim up rivers to spawn. For years they were so overly fished that they now are listed as pro
under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Archaeobotany at the Lake Monroe Outlet Midden (8VO53) By Donna L. Ruhl Archaeobotany is the study of plant remains from archaeological sites. It is both the science and the art of recovering, identifying, and interpreting how plant remains were used in the past at archaeological sites. Archaeobot
Puerto Rico-Archaeopedology Turks and Caicos- Archaeopedology Archaeobotany of the West
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
We often call them wild bees, but that doesn’t mean they’re aggressive or dangerous
