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Most are smaller than a toothpick, though some can grow longer than a blue whale. Some of them come in an unassuming brown or beige color, while others stand out in varied palettes with everything from neon pinks to electric blues. They’re called ribbon worms, and about 1,350 different species have
An underwater reef of the Arabian Sea, which harbors many species found nowhere else

For a few weeks each year, dozens of people stop their everyday activities to put on clothes they don’t mind getting dirty, drive to the middle of nowhere and dig in the dirt and mud for fossils. Neither professional archaeologists nor paleontologists, the volunteers are like angels for the Flori
He was instructed to work in an area away from the spot where everyone else was finding

Scrub mints are among the most endangered plants you’ve probably never heard of. More than half of the 24 species currently known to exist are considered threatened or endangered at the state or federal level, and nearly all scrub mints grow in areas that are being rapidly developed or converted to
framework of harsh conditions but lost the ability to live just about anywhere else

The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center was hit by two major hurricanes this year. Helene rolled along the Gulf Coast in September, and less than a month later, Milton slammed into the peninsula between Tampa and Fort Myers at a nearly 90-degree angle. The area was subjected to 120 mph winds
mental and physical toll,� she said. “When you see people coming from somewhere else

Last week, Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. She replaces retired curator David Steadman, who held the position between 1995 and 2021. Del-Rio was raised in São Paulo, Brazil, a sprawling urban complex with high-ri
began looking for it all over the São Paulo state and couldn’t find it anywhere else

We are grateful to our volunteers who donate their time to help in many different areas throughout the Museum. From assisting in the collections at Dickinson Hall and the McGuire Center to giving exhibit and school group tours, our volunteers are a vital part of our mission. This new series highligh
Paleontology Collection Manager) Richard Hulbert if I could help with anything else

Ask many Americans what they know about early colonial America, and Disney’s “Pocahontas” will probably enter the conversation. Although the classic cartoon may help children connect with nature, it popularizes the misconception that Jamestown, Virginia, was the first permanent European settlemen
find a stain in one of the corners of the units that didn’t seem to match anything else

Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia. Before the two landmasses merged, however, India rafted over a “hot spot� within the Earth’s crust, triggering one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history, which like
the dinosaurs, it had given rise to an incredible diversity of life found nowhere else

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn’t look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, a pronounced strut in their walk typical of most other doves. You’d be forgiven for overlooking it in favor of Cuba’s prismatic parrots. But looks aren’t everything. For decades, this u
anticipate it being so unique from an evolutionary perspective relative to anything else.â

When Jeff Kneebone was a college student in 2002, his research involved a marine mystery that has stumped curious scientists for the last several decades. That mystery had to do with thorny skates in the North Atlantic. In some parts of their range, individuals of this species come in two distinct s
could identify the large males and females, because they’re bigger than anything else