Florida’s Gulf Coast Marine Biodiversity
Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology curator Gustav Paulay discusses his mission to fully document the marine biodiversity of…
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Florida’s invasive amphibian and reptile problem leads world
During the 1800s, the world was going through transformations steered by war, invention, scientific innovation and the discovery of new…
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Pine Island pollen study leads to revision of state’s ancient geography
A new study of 45-million-year-old pollen from Pine Island west of Fort Myers has led to a new understanding of the…
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Study sheds light on invasive iguana’s big appetite
When it comes to invasive species in South Florida, the black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, holds its own. The Central American…
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Florida panther conservation
Florida Museum of Natural History scientists are fine-tuning conservation knowledge about endangered Florida panthers by studying their bones and pelts….
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Fossils offer clues to North Florida’s past
In a limestone quarry near Newberry, Fla., paleontologists and volunteers from the Florida Museum of Natural History are scrambling to…
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UF study: Use nest-box control for South Florida nuisance iguanas
Health and safety risks from non-native iguanas in south Florida have prompted a University of Florida researcher and his team…
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Struggle for survival
Drawn by turquoise waters and sun-drenched white sand beaches, hoards of tourists annually flock to Bahia Honda State Park, a…
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