Once common throughout coastal southern Florida, the Miami blue butterfly now ranks among North America’s rarest insects. While the main driver of the butterfly’s swift decline is unknown, tropical storms, habitat loss and coastal development have dramatically shrunk the Miami blue’s range. The o
The only remaining wild populations of Miami blues live in the Key West and Great
Project Archaeologist: Nicolas Delsol Before the arrival of the Europeans in the New World, native societies of Mesoamerica used very few domesticated species. They relied mainly on hunting to provide themselves with meat and other animal products. After the conquest of Mexico and Guatemala,
Puerto Rico-Archaeopedology Turks and Caicos- Archaeopedology Archaeobotany of the West
Over the past few years, the Florida Museum of Natural History research on local birds has taken a giant leap forward through cooperative relationships with some of Florida’s more than 200 wildlife rehabilitation clinics. Especially along Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts many thousands of b
Lauderdale, Gainesville, Key West, Melbourne, Naples, Pensacola, St.
This past summer I had the opportunity to spend 9 weeks in Sichuan, a beautiful and culturally rich province in southwestern China. Along with four other undergraduate students and two professors from UF, I learned about Chinese culture and language, collaborated with Chinese graduate students, and
introductory Chinese language lessons at the sponsoring local institution, China West
Explore Dian Fossey’s Mountain Gorilla research through the lens of Bob Campbell’s photographs, 1968-1972, with a look at gorillas today. A Century of Mountain Gorilla Conservation Mountain Gorillas were named Gorilla gorilla beringei in honor of German army officer Captain Robert von Beringe, w
Captain Robert von Beringe, who discovered they were a different subspecies than Western
Early Turkey Domestication Project Investigators: Erin Thornton and Kitty Emery The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is one of the most important food birds in the world, and the only indigenous animal domesticated in North/Central America. Despite the turkey’s importance to both ancient and modern
Puerto Rico-Archaeopedology Turks and Caicos- Archaeopedology Archaeobotany of the West
Anyone intrigued by snakes may decide to keep one as a pet or as an object of fascination. Responsible snake ownership requires considerations which may not be immediately obvious to all. The following provides summary information and basic requirements for responsible snake ownership. For a fuller
CBB animals are almost always healthier than their wild-caught (WC) counterparts.
The Caribbean Archaeology Program was founded in 1960 by Ripley P. Bullen. The program is based around one of the largest systematic collections of pre-Columbian artifacts in North America. What the collection lacks in size is compensated for by its diversity. Contact Us For more informa
Presently a map of the West Indies and a list of the islands and the sites represented
The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count concluded last week with volunteers tallying bird sightings in 28 countries throughout North, Central and South America. Despite inclement weather, the count marked another exceptionally good year for birds in Gainesville, Florida, where volunteers observed
Although less common in Florida than southern states further to the west, a fair
Funds from the 2024 Summer travel grant were used to travel to Madrid, Spain for the International Botanic Congress 2024, where I co-led a symposium ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Visual Arts and the Botanical Sciences’ that I had organized along with my fellow members of the SciArt Collective
Chan, a colleague from the University of Wisconsin-Madison I have worked with in Western
