grow to almost 4 feet wide and are quick to retreat when humans approach, but they have
grow to almost 4 feet wide and are quick to retreat when humans approach, but they have
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Rough Earth Snake Basic description Most adult Rough Earthsnakes are about 7-10 inches (18-26 cm) in total length. These are small glossy brown or grayish-brown snakes with a light yellow or cream-colored belly. The head is small with a distinctly pointed snout. A
Juveniles are darker than adults and have a white to light gray ring around the neck
Doug and Pam Soltis of the Florida Museum of Natural History were recognized last month as being in the top 1% of highly cited researchers. This year’s list, which was curated and published by the analytical organization Clarivate, lauded researchers from around the world whose work has significantl
The Soltises have collectively published more than 600 scientific papers that have
VENOMOUS Other common names Copperhead, Southern Copperhead, Highland Moccasin, Chunk Head Basic description The average adult Eastern Copperhead is 22-36 inches long (56-91 cm) in total length. This snake is stout-bodied with a distinctive hourglass pattern of broad light brown and dark brown c
numerous dark spots and speckles, whereas the dark crossbands on copperheads have
About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida Museum of Natural History study in the December 2010 print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution describes a new species of carnivorous mammal that shrank to about half the size of
that the same thing happened in some carnivores, suggesting that other factors may have
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Yellow-bellied Watersnake, Red-bellied Watersnake Basic description Most adult Plain-bellied Watersnakes are about 30-48 inches (76-122 cm) in total length. Adults are thick-bodied and are uniform greenish gray or reddish-brown in color with no patterning on the b
Cottonmouths have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils, whereas watersnakes have
Let’s look a little closer at sharks parts, habits, and biology:
Male sharks have paired intromittent organs called claspers.
The Everglades is threatened by introduced plants and animals. The Everglades National Park was established to protect the diverse natural habitats of the region which include freshwater marshes, hardwood hammocks, pinelands, cypress swamps, mangrove swamps, and estuaries. However, despite
Introduced species are those organisms that are native to somewhere else that have
New research indicating early humans acquired public lice from gorillas about 3.3 million years ago sheds new light on when humans started to lose their body hair as they migrated out of the trees and onto the savannah. Humans most likely got the gorilla’s lice from sleeping in their nests or
That they took up residence in the pubic region may have coincided with humans’
Beginning early in 1566, Florida’s founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés embarked on a far-reaching strategy to bring the native peoples of South Florida into his new colony. With the colony’s hub at St. Augustine (in the territory of the agricultural Timucuan people of northern Florida), and its pr
been approached in great friendship, and have been given many gifts and brought
