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Climate Change

Migratory birds bumped off schedule as climate change shifts spring

May 15, 2017

New research shows climate change is altering the delicate seasonal clock that North American migratory songbirds rely on to successfully…
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Life on Earth

Noise pollution from gas compressors changes abundance of insects, spiders

May 9, 2017

The relentless roar of natural gas compressors influences the numbers of insects and spiders nearby, triggering decreases in many types of…
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Education Research

World’s biggest shark goes to school, thanks to 3-D printing

May 3, 2017

University of Florida researchers are taking down the Plexiglas walls between museum collections and K-12 classrooms with an educational program…
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Genome sequencing, lice and bacteria

Evolution

Partners in parasitism, lice and their bacterial sidekicks share long history

April 14, 2017

A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the…
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Life on Earth

North Andean Clearwing genus Pteronymia reclassified

April 10, 2017

Florida Museum researcher Keith Willmott and peers reclassified the genus Pteronymia in a new paper, adding six species for a…
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Cultural Heritage

Ominous new interpretation of Aztec sun stone

March 27, 2017

A new study on one of the most important remaining artifacts from the Aztec Empire, a 24-ton basalt calendar stone,…
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Graphic showing colored Aztec stone center

Cultural Heritage

Ominosa interpretación de la piedra del calendario Azteca

March 27, 2017

Un nuevo estudio de una de los más importantes artefactos restantes del imperio azteca, una piedra calendario de 24 toneladas,…
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Tiny butterfly on bright pink flower

Features

Miami Blue Butterflies

March 22, 2017

Once common throughout coastal southern Florida, the Miami blue butterfly now ranks among North America’s rarest insects. While the main…
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Evolution

Mollusk graveyards are time machines to oceans’ pristine past

February 28, 2017

A Florida Museum of Natural History study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems…
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Florida woods

Features

What are Florida’s invaders?

February 27, 2017

Florida’s warm, wet climate makes the state a prime environment for new species to move in and thrive. And because…
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