Canis dirus Quick Facts Common Name: dire wolf Canis dirus, the dire wolf, had an estimated mass of 130 to 150 pounds, which made it about 25% heavier than the modern gray wolf (Canis lupus). But smaller than the fictional dire wolves of the TV series Game of Thrones! The largest known dir
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The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) Databases of all sizes are traditionally assumed to be the domain of industry and the private sector, especially in the age of the “Internet of Things [IoT],� where sensor data from different internet-enabled devices is stored in aggregated forms for picki
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Birds of Lake Worth Lagoon
Photo Credit: Dan Sudia For the past decade we have been fascinated by the unique
In April, thanks to the volunteer efforts of Martha Kendall, ably assisted by Mark Chargois and Michael Wylde, some two dozen native plants favored by Florida butterflies were planted near the RRC classroom and gift shop. Marty, as she is known, is a certified Florida Master Gardener and long-time
For the record, the garden is already a success, because several butterflies have
It is thought to have been the principal town of the cacique GuacanagarÃ, which
It is thought to have been the principal town of the cacique GuacanagarÃ, which
Mission Statement of the Florida Museum of Natural History The Florida Museum of Natural History is Florida’s state museum of natural history, dedicated to understanding, preserving and interpreting biological diversity and cultural heritage. Legislative Mandate for the Florida Museum of Natural H
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The sherds comprising this type collection were recovered from archaeological sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Many were excavated on Works Progress Administration projects during the Great Depression, as part of the Lower Mississippi Survey (Phillips et al. 1951) among other
The ware types have been organized by general period.
Systematics of Euptychiina butterflies Systematics and Classification of Ithomiini Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Lepidopterorum Catalogus Classification of Lepidoptera Systematics of Euptychiina butterflies Keith Willmott, Shinichi Nakahara, and colleagues are revising the systema
The last few decades have seen publication of nearly comprehensive phylogenies for
Great American Biotic Interchange Research Experiences for Teachers Project (GABI RET) For five years (2012 to 2016) more than 30 scientists and 44 K-12 teachers worked together collecting fossils along the Panama Canal to better understand past life in the ancient Neotropics. This project coincide
Most of these lesson plans are aligned to learning standards (e.g., NGSS) and have
Megachasma pelagios This rare and unusual shark has been encountered so infrequently that the scientific community has kept a detailed list and summaries of each encounter. They are likely diurnal following swarms of krill, from the surface of the open ocean during the day, and diving deep at nig
This suggested that the species migrates vertically on a diel cycle (Anon, 1991a, b)
