Five Facts: Limpkins in Florida
Limpkins, Aramus guarauna, are medium-sized wading birds with long legs and long, slightly curved beaks. Their bodies are covered in…
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New butterfly named for pioneering 17th-century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian
More than three centuries before initiatives to increase the number of women in STEM fields, 52-year-old Maria Sibylla Merian sailed…
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Packing a suitcase for the future
As University of Florida archaeologist Bill Keegan studies the ancient Lucayan people, inhabitants of the Caribbean for hundreds of years,…
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Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants
Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he…
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New Earth systems institute to communicate environmental issues to Floridians
The University of Florida has launched the Thompson Earth Systems Institute, an outreach-focused center that aims to advance public understanding…
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Five Facts: Skunkvine in Florida
Skunkvine, Paederia foetida, is an aggressive, twining vine in the coffee family, or Rubiaceae. Plants produce multiple stems up to 35 feet…
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Best way to learn about island biology? Live on an island
Mud in your shoes and a squirming turtle in hand may not sound like a typical college class, but for…
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Five Facts: Megalodon
Carcharocles megalodon, often just called megalodon, was the largest shark to ever live in our oceans. But what do we…
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Five Facts: Geophytes
Every day, without even realizing it, you come into contact with geophytes. By just walking around the grocery store, you…
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Houses of silk, poop and plants: Meet the sack-bearer moths
Ryan St Laurent, a doctoral student at the Florida Museum’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, studies an obscure, strange…
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