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To Enslave or Not To Enslave – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/to-enslave-or-not-to-enslave/

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

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Luna Moth – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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Evolutionary changes are sometimes driven by relationships to other organisms. Researchers discovered that the Luna Moth evolved long spinning tails to defend against bats in a 60-million-year-old nocturnal “evolutionary arms race.” Summary Luna Moth (Actias luna) From Alachua Co., Florida, 201
What’s truly interesting about them is that they have these very long tails that,

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Florida Cottonmouth – Florida Snake ID Guide

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VENOMOUS Other common names Cottonmouth, Cottonmouth Moccasin, Water Moccasin, Moccasin Basic description The average adult Florida cottonmouth is 30-48 inches (76-122 cm) in total length. This snake is heavy bodied with a pattern of light brown and dark brown crossbands containing many dark sp
Cottonmouths have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils whereas watersnakes have

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Should we be eating sharks? – Florida Program for Shark Research

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A new article from NOAA fisheries has raised some eyebrows „U.S.-Caught Sharks are a Sustainable Food Choice“. It is important to understand this article is not talking about finning, the practice of only harvesting the fins for sale in Asia. NOAA is recommending that average American to consider ha
So an animal could take a decade to mature and have one offspring a year.

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Doug and Pam Soltis in top 1% of most highly cited scientists – Research News

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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

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Barbourofelis loveorum – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Barbourofelis loveorum Quick Facts Common Name: Loves’ false sabercat Barbourofelis loveorum is an extinct sabertoothed carnivore that weighed approximately 150 lbs, or about the size of a modern jaguar. It is believed that the Barbourofelis loveorum preferred a thickly wooded habitat, and
loveorum preferred a thickly wooded habitat, and was an ambush predator that may have

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Human pubic lice acquired from gorillas gives evolutionary clues – Research News

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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’ loss

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Crocodilian Collection – Research News

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Coleman Sheehy, the herpetology collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the crocodilian collection, including what species are in it, and how the collection is used. Interview and videos produced by Gage Chancey for Explore Research at the University of Florida.
But nonetheless, we have every single one of those specimens represented — every

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Vast DNA tree of life for plants revealed by global science team – Research News

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A new paper published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species covering almost 8,00
groundbreaking tree of life by Guest author • April 24, 2024 Scientists have

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Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world’s most ecologically diverse bats – Research News

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Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch pollen; suck blood; and prey on frogs, birds, lizards and even other bats. T
from Central America by Jerald Pinson • February 20, 2024 Researchers have

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