Whooping Crane
The tallest bird in North America, the Whooping Crane symbolizes the need to protect endangered species. Extensive hunting brought the…
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Resplendent Quetzal
Ancient Aztec and Maya regarded the Resplendent Quetzal’s bright feathers as objects of power, beauty and adornment. Quetzals are threatened…
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Sherman’s Fox Squirrel and Trap
In the 1930s, professor H.B. Sherman studied small mammals in North Central Florida, during which time he invented the Sherman…
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Schaus’ Swallowtail
Once abundant in the greater Miami area and the Florida Keys, these endangered butterflies are now limited primarily to Biscayne…
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Southern Dusky Salamander
The Dusky Salamander was once common in the southeastern United States. In recent years, UF researchers have documented population drops…
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Rusty Mud Salamander
These salamanders were found in a stream on UF’s campus, and used to describe a new subspecies of Mud Salamander….
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Jambato Toad
The Jambato Toad has been hard-hit by the epidemic spread of the fungus causing the decline and extinction of many…
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Florida Yew
This critically endangered native Florida plant produces Taxol, an anticancer drug. Florida yew is not harvested commercially due to its…
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Florida Jujube
Scientists thought Florida Jujube was extinct when it was described from a single Florida Museum specimen collected in 1949. It…
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Florida False Rosemary
A species unknown to science until the 1990s, Florida False Rosemary occurs in small populations in very restricted scrub habitats…
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