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Like so many millions of people around the world, a good number of our Museum staff, scientists and student researchers are working from home now to slow the spread of COVID-19. What started as a casual conversation about silence at home quickly became a great list of science-y and museum-themed
the Smithsonian’s side door to search for stories that can’t be found anywhere else

When Hercules was tasked by Eurystheus with cleaning up after King Augeas‘ cattle in a single day, he had his work cut out for him. But Hercules, being not only a superhero but also a wiz, figured out a painless solution and diverted a nearby river so that its waters would do the work for him. All a
caterpillars in bags that, akin to baby diapers, need to be frequently changed, or else

This semester I was presented with a very unique opportunity in which I was able to help dig up fossils for UF’s vertebrate paleontology class. Throughout my visits to the dig site, I think I was really able to learn firsthand about all of the different aspects of what goes on at the site and how mu
that whatever is hidden in my square is a bit closer to the surface for someone else

Shark attack numbers have sunk to dramatic lows, likely a side effect of closed beaches and widespread quarantines, according to experts at the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. Only 18 unprovoked shark bites have been confirmed globally from Jan. 1 to June 18, down from 24
at this time of year, with only two bites in Florida, is a sign that something else

Say “primate” and most people wouldn’t think of a tree-dwelling, squirrel-like creature that weighs no more than a deck of playing cards, but a new study suggests that may perfectly describe humans’ earliest primate ancestors. Found in the same area of Montana that yielded the massive Tyranno
the tree shrew-like animal ate insects and plants, but researchers knew little else

Tyler Bowling is the manager for the Florida Program for Shark research and a Ph.D. student in UF zoology program. 1. Where are you from? I grew up in rural southern Maryland on a small farm. 2. Why did you want to be a scientist when you grew up? I saw a Nat Geo special about coral reefs at age
They see more bites than anywhere else, and all within a very small geographic area

Other Paleobotanical Collections and Databases This is not an exhaustive list of all paleobotanical collections and/or databases. If you would like your site to be listed, please send your web address to Hongshan Wang. The Cuticle Database is an image collection of plant cuticles prepared from vou
from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale (360 million years ago) not known anywhere else

The native habitats and communities of the Florida Keys are being severely impacted directly and indirectly by human activity. The Keys and south Florida are the only locations in the U.S. to support tropical flora with over 120 species of trees in the hardwood hammock alone! Along with
Introduced species are those organisms that are native to somewhere else that have

Thank you for reporting your sawfish encounter. Your information can greatly help conservation efforts for these endangered animals!
Can you think of anyone else who has seen one?

Our teaching pavilion on Waterfront Drive is finally finished. We broke ground for the pavilion, classroom, and book/gift shop on April 3, 2003, following over a year of site preparation and archaeological research at the building site. Major gifts and donated services got us off to a good
office in the Gill House, but right now she is out in the trailer with everyone else