Rhincodon typus These sharks are recognizable not just for being the largest fish in the sea, but also for their unique patterns. They are filter feeders, often swimming near the surface of the open sea; they gulp in water and filter everything from plankton and fish eggs to crustaceans and schoo
Danger to Humans Generally considered harmless.
records of animals, plants and other organisms help researchers identify species in danger
on newcomers to the state of Florida, those just passing through, and those in danger
FLAS imaged the labels of the bryophytes in the Fairchild Tropical Garden Collection. Kent Perkins picked up the specimens from Miami and brought them to Gainesville. The specimens were wonderfully organized. They were also barcoded and a skeletal spreadsheet accompanied the collection, so basically
Tanaka Dang led this part of the project.
Nature photography can be as simple as snapping a sunset on your phone or as daring as diving underwater to photograph a gator. Whether with a phone or a fancy camera, nature photography gives you a chance to share the beauty of the world in a way that may inspire others to care about it. A single p
an evolutionary standpoint as our ancestors were more concerned with potential dangers
Sea turtles lack sex chromosomes! Learn how climate change may be impacting sex ratios in wild populations and what that means for the future of sea turtles.
Sea turtles are also battling other dangers caused by humans and climate change,
Campanulaceae are a large, cosmopolitan angiosperm clade with diverse pollinator adaptations including specialized floral morphologies and secondary pollen presentation mechanisms. We are investigating the the broad-scale relationships of this ca. 65 million year old clade. Along with the relationsh
Dang, T. Lee, C. Penaflor, H. Cortes-Burn, A. Oestreich, L. Raubenson, N.
What is going on? For most of the year, Florida’s beaches serve as nesting grounds for several species of sea turtles. Adult female turtles will make the return to their own nesting grounds to lay the next generation of sea turtles. After spending all her youth traversing, she will finally come as
chances that at least some of her offspring will survive, especially given the many dangers
We are excited to welcome our newest curator, Vaughn Shirey, to the Florida Museum of Natural History. Working in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Shirey will help study, grow and digitize our moth and butterfly collections. Shirey is a conservation biologist who uses museum s
using melted ice and snow to develop the images as a metaphorical warning of the dangers
The first appearance of bright green leaves heralds the start of spring, nudging insects, birds and other animals into a whirlwind of action. But a new study shows that urbanization shifts this seasonal cue in nuanced ways, with cities in cold climates triggering earlier spring plant growth and citi
Guralnick added that “One of the dangers of using cities as models to predict what
