Thomas Farm: a prehistoric treasure
Places like the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles echo famous prehistoric…
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New NSF project aims to help scientists navigate the tree of life
A new University of Florida and Duke University collaboration aims to do for the tree of life what Google Earth…
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Making sense of the past for a better future
A few miles from Lake Okeechobee, the ancient village site known as Fort Center lies on the shore of Fisheating…
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Map of Life’s new app: The world’s biodiversity in the palm of your hand
Never has knowledge of the world’s biodiversity knowledge been more at your fingertips, thanks to a new smartphone app created…
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The evolution of hawkmoths’ sonar jamming
In the 65-million-year-old arms race between bats and moths, some moth species rub their genitals to jam the calls of…
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Bella moth keeps invasive plant at bay
Taming a wild plant may not sound too ominous, unless you are a tiny moth and the plant is 8…
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Randell Research Center adds two additional Calusa mounds
The Florida Museum of Natural History’s Randell Research Center on Pine Island near Fort Myers, once home to the Calusa Indians, has…
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History Re-written: Christopher Columbus and the cannibals
Editor’s note: Five years after this story published, new evidence lent credibility to Columbus’ cannibal claims, changing researchers’ thinking on…
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Tropical turtle discovery in Wyoming provides climate-change clues
Tropical turtle fossils discovered in Wyoming by University of Florida scientists reveal that when the earth got warmer, prehistoric turtles…
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Luna moths evolved long spinning tails to defend against bats
In the cover of night, an unseen war between bats and moths has been raging for 60 million years—and a…
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