Equus is the only surviving genus in the once diverse family of horses. Domesticated about 3,000 years ago, the horse had a profound impact on human history in areas such as migration, farming, warfare, sport, communication and travel. Where & When? Species of Equus lived from 5 million year
that the wild species all have short manes…while domesticated Equus has a long mane
Exhibition Mike Adams: Whale articulation & exhibit fabrication Ian Breheny: Exhibit design Jonnie Dietz: Lab coordination Jeff Huber: Exhibit fabrication Dale Johnson: Exhibit project management Darcie MacMahon: Director of Exhibits & Public Programs Chase Permann: Exhibit fabricatio
orange blossom specimen can be just as intriguing as a megalodon jaw or a Seminole man
Threatened and endangered species of Florida Bay include: Sea Turtles American Crocodile American Alligator Manatee Wood Stork „Endangered“ species are in danger of becoming extinct throughout all or the majority of its range while a „threatened“ species is one that is likely t
Decline of this species is primarily due to loss of feeding habitat caused by man
Several years ago a University of Florida librarian handed me a copy of a recently donated 1873 newspaper article taken from the New York Weekly Sun. Unsigned, the article included a wonderful account of a visit to Turtle Mound, an archaeological site in modern Volusia County, just south of New Smyr
and another who bartered his daughter in exchange for another man’s wife and 20 cows
In 1493, Christopher Columbus built the first intentional European colonial town in the New World. It was intended as a base from which to establish Spanish presence and dominion in the Indies, and was Columbus’s American home. The site is located on the east bank of the Bajabonico River wh
Palm, Erwin 1945 Excavations at La Isabela, white man’s first town in the Americas
New genetic research of human lice supports the evolutionary theory of direct contact between modern and archaic humans, according to a study lead by a Florida Museum of Natural History researcher. The study sheds light on a hotly debated topic in evolutionary biology: the origin of modern Homo sapi
speciate each time the host does, Reed says, making them excellent markers for tracing man
A study by University of Florida and University of Kansas researchers describing eight new cusk-eel species provides data for better understanding how disasters like the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill impact biodiversity and the environment. The 60-year study appearing Tuesday in the Florida Museu
soft-bottom fishes and some of these occur in shallow waters, you’re dealing with man
Four hurricanes visited Florida in 2004: Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Charley crossed the southern peninsula from southwest to northeast. Frances crossed the central peninsula from southeast to northwest, then moved up the Gulf coast and headed into the middle panhandle. Ivan hit the western p
herpetology/links/plague-frogs-or-jubilee-toads/ This year hurricanes wreaked havoc on man
For Florida Museum of Natural History collection manager Rob Robins, biodiversity is something of a family theme. With his father a renowned ichthyologist, his mother an ichthyologist who sacrificed career for family and his wife a wildlife biologist, Robins has always been surrounded with th
soft-bottom fishes and some of these occur in shallow waters, you’re dealing with man
The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on Earth in 2017. To mark the closing of an era and the beginning of a new century, UF News profiled three Florida Museum women who are shaping the research institution’s future
she said — and that’s uncomfortable territory, since the bias that science is a man
