Heterodontus francisci These small sharks are members of the bullhead family. Slow moving and nocturnal, they scavenge close to shore, and return to the same resting place each day. Both dorsal fins sport sharp spines, and should be handled with care. Order – Heterodontiformes Family – Hetero
They have spines on the 1st and 2nd dorsal fins as well as the anal fin.
The Silk Cotton or Ceiba Tree [Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.] is one of the largest trees in the American tropics. The tree has played an important role in the spiritual and economic lives of the peoples who live in the circum-Caribbean region. The Ceiba is a rapidly growing deciduous tree that
The fibers are almost pure cellulose, buoyant, impervious to water, and have a low
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MacFadden, B. J. 2019. Broader Impacts of Science on Society.
Contact Florida Museum of Natural History Dickinson Hall 1659 Museum Road Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800 352-273-1935 steven@flmnh.ufl.edu View full CV Collection Paleobotany Other Affiliations Affiliate Professor, UF Botany & UF Geology UF Biology Education Ph.D. Paleobotan
I have enjoyed collaborative research with paleobotanists in Canada, China, Czech
Each year the number of endangered or threatened species grows. The Museum’s collections document the changing biodiversity of our world, while researchers use the collections to understand the nature of threats and to propose solutions. This provides a platform for new approaches to preserving spec
In recent years, UF researchers have documented population drops… Read More These
Undergraduate students are underlined 2023 VL Mathis and R Mathieu. Investigating the species status of Sherman’s short-tailed shrew (Blarina shermani): preliminary insights. Joint meeting of the 13th International Mammalogical Congress and the 102nd annual meeting of the American Society of Mamma
(oral presentation) Pino JL, Soto-Centeno JA and Pasch B.
Dig into geology and discover the Earth at your feet! Enjoy hands-on activities and watch demonstrations of volcanic eruptions.
Fossil Dig – Pick out a fossil or bring your own and have Florida Museum paleontologists
Defining taxon: first appearance of Bison south of 55° N latitude (Bell et al., 2004) Basis of name: Rancho la Brea tar pits, Los Angeles, California The Rancholabrean NALMA is represented by several thousand individual vertebrate fossil sites distributed from Alaska to Central America. There
The cause(s) of this extinction event have been the center of a long and sometimes
The Florida Museum has grown from a small teaching collection into an international powerhouse for research and education. In 1917, state legislation created the Florida State Museum (now Florida Museum of Natural History). But our roots go back to 1891, when a professor at Florida Agricultural Coll
The Doe eggs and associated historical data have been extensively… Read More In
Neotrygon kuhlii The slightly diamond shaped disc of this stingray tends to be red-brown to green-yellow on top, with bright blue spots and small black spots, and a darker brown bar across its eye region. It is often confused with the bluespotted ribbontail ray, but the bluespotted stingray has a
A variety of different color morphs resembling the bluespotted stingray have been
