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The Randell Research Center (RRC) is a program of the Florida Museum of Natural History focused on the coastal and island cultural and natural heritage of Florida. Archaeologists, biologists, and other scholars from the Florida Museum of Natural History have conducted research and education program
artifacts not found in dry sites, including ancient botanical remains found nowhere else
The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), a global effort to map the genomes of all 1.8 million known species of plants, animals, fungi and other eukaryotic life on Earth, is entering a new phase as it moves from pilot projects to full scale production sequencing. Pamela Soltis, a plant biologist at the Fl
It’s something else entirely to develop these same sorts of collaborations on a global
Florida Museum of Natural History researcher Andrei Sourakov has a soft spot for small, winged creatures, and an extraordinary commitment to sharing his passion with younger generations. His latest study published online in the June 2013 issue of Florida Entomologist is co-authored by Museum volu
whether native or exotic, are attacked by the bella moth, but, surprisingly, nothing else
More than 300 years ago, the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto set out from Spanish Florida on an expedition to explore North America. Archaeologists have long debated the exact path he took and what occurred during his journey along the ‘De Soto Trail,’ but at least one point is undisputed: de
pottery sherd that your ancestor put in the ground 300 years ago…that’s something else.â
Globally acclaimed artist and beloved Florida Museum of Natural History collaborator Naziha Mestaoui passed away on April 29. She was 44 years old. Mestaoui’s interactive, grand-scale outdoor projections highlighted the connections between all living things, and the Paris-based artist was per
Like everything else in her view about connectivity, those were not different viewpoints
In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in 1882 for
answer these questions in any other group because these traits don’t exist anywhere else
Shark attacks decreased for the third consecutive year, falling to 57 unprovoked bites worldwide in 2020, compared with 64 bites in 2019 and 66 in 2018, according to the annual summary issued by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. The most recent five-year global average san
“They’re normally more curious than anything else,” Bowling said.
Christopher Columbus’ accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce raiders who abducted women and cannibalized men – stories long dismissed as myths. But a new study suggests Columbus may have been telling the truth. Using the equivalent of facial recognition technology,
Museum photo by William Keegan “Why was this pottery so different from everything else
Nine new species of carnivorous land snails have been found in the remote forests of Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity hot spot. A new study describes the species, which are so small that all nine could fit together on a U.S. nickel. They present a rare opportunity to study a group that in many other
review to make sure the specimens he collected had not been described anywhere else
University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties. Rats and snails in Alachua, Leon, St. Johns, Orange and Hillsborough counties tested positive for the parasite, according to a study in PLoS O
are a lot of snail species endemic to South Florida that don’t occur anywhere else
