Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: wind

A staple on the sidelines for Gator sports teams, Gatorade also replenishes a different kind of athlete at the University of Florida: butterflies. The sports drink serves as a substitute for nectar in a laboratory-maintained colony of Miami blues, among the most critically endangered butterflies
Hill Yet the butterfly has shown tenacity in a hostile environment with gusty winds

Oligocene Epoch 34 million to 24 million years ago Global climates became cooler during the Oligocene, causing sea levels to drop. At least the northern portion of the Florida platform, once abundant with tropical, marine habitats, was now land. Early immigrants to the Florida peninsula inclu
Transcript The grand Eocene has passed, and great changes blow in the winds.

The frogs and the geckos are well adapted to walking on glass. Windows present a perfect hunting ground for moths, and these animals sometimes cross paths, as both hunt by night.  In this video, one such encounter is shown. The gecko withdrew, but got the prize moth both were eying. https://youtu
arrive in Florida one way or another: some over land, some fly in with hurricane winds

On April 14, 2009, the Lee County Board of County Commissioners approved the Historic Preservation Board’s recommendation for a grant of $35,766 to help rehabilitate the Ruby Gill House in Pineland. This money was added to other grants from the Tourist Development Council, Southwest Florida Communi
postoffice are landmarks to local residents and a scenic part of Pineland Road as it winds

Skunkvine, Paederia foetida, is an aggressive, twining vine in the coffee family, or Rubiaceae. Plants produce multiple stems up to 35 feet long, which grow across the ground, over trees and shrubbery, or around and over artificial structures like fences and lamp posts. In northern parts of t
undergrowth, and it can eventually weigh down trees, causing them to topple in high winds

Now Available for Download Displayed at the Florida Museum in 2020, this exhibition offers a scientific overview of Florida’s trademark weather phenomena including information on their formation, naming, categories, and hurricane seasons around the world. Charts and graphics illustrate the facts ab
The acrylic and steel tank can hold 38,000 gallons of water and produces winds over

Trees in hardwood hammocks rarely grow to more than 50′ (15 m) due to inclement weather. The tallest trees in hardwood hammocks, including the wild tamarind (Lysiloma latisiliqua) and gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), rarely grow more than 50 feet (15 m) in height due to cold weather, lig
grow more than 50 feet (15 m) in height due to cold weather, lightning, and strong winds

Sea anemones are soft-bodied, underwater predators known for their bright colors, flowerlike arrangement of tentacles and the tendency to eat just about anything they can catch and fit into their mouths. In line with this last trait, researchers examining the gut contents of the giant plumose anemon
“Winds can move them far off course, sometimes into the ocean.

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
wrote, “land and water forms, water depths and currents, and effects of tides, winds

The Miami blue is a small blue butterfly found only in Florida and is one of the most critically endangered butterflies in the United States. Today, the only known wild populations can be found in the Key West and Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuges in the Florida Keys. They occur on isolat
Beaches in the Florida Keys are harsh environments, exposed to high winds, salt water