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Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added a new location to its known range: Ocala National Forest. They also confirmed the insect feeds on a second, but highly endangered, host plant. Researchers made th
The region harbors plant and animal species found nowhere else, but ranks among the

Thunnus atlanticus These migratory tuna prefer the warm coastal waters of the Western Atlantic, where they form large schools with skipjack tuna and strain prey out of the water like smaller fish, squid, and shrimp. Torpedo-shaped and strong swimmers, they are dark on top, fading to silver and th
The buoyant eggs produce pelagic larvae, little else is known about the eggs.

An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized dinosaur was actually a lizard. The new species, named Oculudentavis naga in honor of the Naga people of Myanmar and India, is represente
Myanmar’s amber deposits are a treasure trove of fossil lizards found nowhere else

F or the past nine years, volunteers working with the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Park Service have trekked diligently through forest preserves on Key Largo in search of the federally endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly, more often than not coming back with more mosquit
hardwood hammocks, hyperdiverse forests that harbor several rare species found nowhere else

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

As part of our celebration of the RRC’s 25th anniversary, we invited Bill Marquardt, RRC’s co-founder and first director, to summarize some of the key events in its history. Close your eyes for a minute and listen. Unless you are hearing-impaired, you are likely to notice something – traffi
There is nothing else like it, and it is worth it.

Elephant-like tusks. A toe bone of an ancient condor. Even a snapping turtle with a smaller turtle coming out of its nose. Some of the discoveries being made at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new dig site in Williston, Florida, are odd and seemingly out of place, to say the least. Animal
The museum scientists have opened the site to UF students and anyone else over 15

Tooth Morphology & Glossary Common questions about modern and fossil shark teeth
Why do we only find shark’s teeth and not much else in the fossil shark record?

At first glance, Garra surinbinnani looks like a stout, brown minnow with the face of a boxer who’s gone one too many rounds. But the deep gash in its forehead studded with blue spikes is a natural feature whose function remains a mystery. Discovered by Florida Museum of Natural History researche
“He probably knew more about Thung Yai than anyone else.

Before the summer of 1916, there was still debate about whether sharks could kill humans. Most people were not even sure if a shark could bite a human. One of them was New York multimillionaire Hermann Oelrichs, who offered a $500 reward in 1891 for anyone who proved a shark attacked a human. Tha
“The fact of the matter is that nobody wants to be eaten by something else,�