Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: wind

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

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

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

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

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.

A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant island pigeons hunted to extinction. Fossils show that Tongoenas burleyi, a newly described genus and species, inhabited the Pacific islands for at least 60,000 years, but vanished within a century or two of human arrival
canopy tend to have shorter legs, more suitable for perching and gripping in high winds

The Florida Museum’s Randell Research Center has a new director! Michelle LeFebvre, curator of South Florida archaeology and ethnography, as well as Caribbean archaeology, at the Florida Museum of Natural History, began her three-year tenure as director in July. The Randell Research Center was estab
Storm surge of up to 18 feet inundated coastal areas, and gale-force winds toppled

In a new study, scientists describe three new, but long-extinct, walnut species on an island above the Arctic Circle. The fossils were discovered further north than any known walnut species, living or extinct, and represent some of the oldest-known records of this group. Today, the Canadian islan
The Arctic’s barren surfaces and strong winds made it remarkably easy to collect

Hawk moths are known for being some of the largest night fliers in the insect world. With wingspans of more than four inches, many species are big enough to comfortably fill the palm of your hand. Thanks to the work of a small team of researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History, three new s
butterflies and moths with smaller wings are better equipped to survive the intense winds

Researchers working in one of the world’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems have discovered a new plant species, Castela senticosa, which they recommend be designated as endangered. The plant, which grows as a small bush sheathed in an imposing layer of thorns, was found during a survey to c
Since the seeds are too large to be dispersed by winds, they must have been transported