NON-VENOMOUSÂ Other common names Cornsnake, Corn Snake, Chicken snake, Red ratsnake, Eastern Cornsnake Basic description Most adult cornsnakes are about 30-48 inches (76-122 cm) in total length. Adults are orangish-brown with black bordered orange, red, or brownish blotches. There is a spear-sha
It is hard to imagine a better man-made habitat, with rafters and logs on which the
In Chuck Blanchard’s mind, if you want to know the Calusa, you’ve got to be like the Calusa. So, Blanchard, who died Aug. 17, 2024 at the age of 80, spent thousands of hours over three decades paddling his canoe across hundreds of miles of Southwest Florida’s estuaries, camping on mangrove island
Clearly, Chuck Blanchard was a man of many talents, but he will be most remembered
Three grants from the National Science Foundation will enable the Florida Museum of Natural History’s invertebrate zoology division to contribute crucial specimen data and images to online research networks. The grants represent the first two major funding initiatives to digitize modern marine organ
discovered in high Arctic mummified forest Five Facts Five Facts: Portuguese man-of-war
Did you know that people lived and fished on Florida’s Gulf Coast long before the first pyramids in Egypt were built?  Before Florida became a tourist destination, it was home to many Indigenous peoples, including the Calusa of southwest Florida. The name Calusa is believed to mean “fierce peopl
To navigate their coastal empire, the Calusa engineered canals and built man-made
Selected Sawfish References Adams, W. F. and Wilson, C. R. The status of the smalltooth sawfish, Pristis pectinata Latham 1794 (Rajiformes: Pristidae) in the United States. Unpublished manuscript. MS. Wilmington, N.C, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Baughman, J. L. 1943. Notes on sawfish Pristis p
Carcharhinus leucas and largetooth sawfish Pristis perotteti in Lake Bayano, a tropical man-made
To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates on statewide environmental news. Read on below to see what we found over the past month: 10 Florida Stories to Watch A recent UF study found that a popular herbicide, glyphosate
These man-made chemicals, commonly found in nonstick cookware and stain-resistant
Imagine walking into a towering cathedral draped with million-faceted curtains of orange-gold and black, shimmering in the morning sunlight. Then these incredible living tapestries take flight, with a soft rustle from countless wings sweeping the air and billions of tiny butterfly scales drifting do
The main enemy of the Monarch colonies today is man.
Long before Columbus, the islands of the Caribbean were home to Native American peoples. Over thousands of years, these island inhabitants built rich and diverse cultures, with their own technology, diet, history, religion, and art. Sadly, these people all but disappeared in less than a generation a
He encountered only one old native man in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Collections Coordinator McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 352-273-2013, Email:Â asourakov@flmnh.ufl.edu Additional appointments: Affiliate Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology Edu
Teaching “Man and Microbes” IDH2930, annually 2022-2024.
Hippocampus erectus These specialized fish are poor swimmers and rely on their coloring and texture to camouflage themselves among coral, seagrass, or mangroves where they ambush much smaller prey by sucking them into their toothless snouts. They choose a mate for a season or a lifetime, have com
This seahorse is also found associated with man-made structures.
