Rewriting the evolutionary history of sea cucumbers
Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History have discovered that a group of tiny sea cucumbers has enormous taxonomic…
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Bird calls on demand
While standing next to a shelf filled with thousands of aging reel-to-reel and other tape recordings of bird sounds collected…
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Tragopogon: Understanding the evolution of polyploidy
Pam and Doug Soltis, distinguished professors with the Florida Museum of Natural History, discuss the importance of Tragopogon, a flowering…
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Unearthing a rare stone mission church in St. Augustine
Large-scale excavations are underway in St. Augustine of the 337-year-old remains of one of the largest and most ornate churches…
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Ancient crocodilian named after Tolkien creature
A new University of Florida study describes a 16-foot, 900-pound ancient species of crocodilian that swam in the same rivers…
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Discovery of over 100 new species
A saber-toothed cat that roamed the southeastern U.S. 5 million years ago, the world’s oldest grape and a bizarre hermit…
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A butterfly in hiding takes wing on social media
Thanks to social media and museum collections, a butterfly species was recognized in 2011 after more than 50 years of…
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‘Dinosaurs of the turtle world’ at risk in Southeast rivers
Conservation of coastal rivers of the northern Gulf of Mexico is vital to the survival of the alligator snapping turtle,…
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97,000 newly acquired artifacts tell story of America’s Spanish past
Early in the 1930s, a gardener discovered a skull while planting an orange tree at the Fountain of Youth Archaeological…
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ISAF reports fewer shark attacks in 2013, above-average fatalities worldwide
The world experienced the lowest number of shark attacks since 2009, although fatalities in 2013 were above average, according to…
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