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Action of the Week: What to do if you see a Sea Turtle – Thompson Earth Systems Institute

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/blog/action-of-the-week-what-to-do-if-you-see-a-sea-turtle/

If you see an injured or dead sea turtle, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Division of Law Enforcement at 1-888-404-FWCC.  What to do when you see a sea turtle on the beach  Sea turtles are ancient and fascinating creatures, and seeing one is always a special experi
disorient nesting females and hatchlings, leading them away from the ocean and into danger

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Researcher receives grant to study birds in the Andes – Research News

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With $800,000 from the National Science Foundation, Florida Museum of Natural History conservation biologist Scott Robinson is researching bird ranges in the Andes Mountains. Robinson is leading a team of about 20 researchers measuring ideal temperatures for different species’ survival, study
Life on Earth Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger

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Crustaceans vulnerable as coral reefs decline – Research News

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Nearly 150 million years ago, many ancient crustaceans went extinct following a massive collapse of reefs across the planet, and new Florida Museum of Natural History research suggests modern species living in rapidly declining reef habitats may now be at risk. Available online and scheduled to a
current rate during this century, then a few thousand species of decapods are in real danger

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Michelle LeFebvre appointed South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography’s assistant curator – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/lefebvre-appointed-south-florida-assistant-curator/

The Florida Museum of Natural History has appointed archaeologist Michelle LeFebvre as assistant curator of the South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography Program. LeFebvre’s work explores how humans have interacted with their environment over long periods of time, with a focus on the Indigenous p
Life on Earth Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger

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Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’ – Research News

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With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as Argentina or Brazil. But what it lacks in land, it makes up in biodiversity. Deemed one of 17 “megadiverse” countries by Conservation International, Ecuador has the highest con
Hoping to bring attention to plants in danger of extinction, Florida Museum of Natural

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Colorful Dancing Spiders – Exhibits

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Arachnologists (spider scientists) are studying how color impacts spider behavior. Male Coloration Colorful markings paired with a flashy dance might tell a female jumping spider that a male is the right species, and ready to mate. Colors give females subtle information and only males in
Voracious Visual Predators For visual predators, bright colors in prey often warn of danger

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Swimming With Sharks – Events

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Whether you love them or fear them, this Children’s Book Meetup is sure to help you understand a little bit more about one of the ocean’s most well-known predators – sharks! On Saturday, December 5, 2020 the Florida Museum and the Alachua County Library District (ACLD) met to talk all things sharks
how they eat, the challenges they face, and whether or not certain species pose a danger

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iDigBio receives $20 million from NSF to sustain U.S. museum digitization efforts – Research News

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T he National Science Foundation has awarded iDigBio nearly $20 million to continue its mission of digitizing natural history collections nationwide, making them available online to researchers, educators and community scientists around the world. For the past decade, iDigBio, a collaborative
serve as a searchable archive of life and help researchers identify species in danger

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Environmental archaeology receives NSF grant to curate specimens before data go ‘dark’ – Research News

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The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Environmental Archaeology Program received a nearly $800,000 National Science Foundation grant to curate some of its most delicate specimens and vital data, documenting 14,000 years of biodiversity in vulnerable regions around the Caribbean. Environmental a
damaged material and digitize handwritten specimen labels and other information in danger

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