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Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields. The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species
As temperatures fell, species in the Frankincense family seemed to reverse their

During the ice ages of the Pleistocene, the Florida peninsula regularly expanded to twice its current size as glaciers grew near the planet’s poles, only to be reduced to a series of islands as melting ice returned to the sea during warm periods. All told, glaciers advanced and retreated 17 times, a
Cyclically marooned on islands as seas rose and fell, mint populations became genetically

Carter Rowell Gilbert, former curator emeritus of ichthyology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, passed away peacefully earlier this year on Jan. 6 at the age of 91. A memorial service was held on Saturday, June 11, attended by friends, family and colleagues to commemorate his life and achiev
It was there, not far from the banks of the Great Lakes, that he fell in love with

More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida’s Gulf Coast to bond over oysters, likely as a means of coping with climate change and social upheaval. Archaeologists’ analysis of present-day Roberts Island, about 50 miles north of
As sea levels fell, oyster beds may have shifted seaward, possibly explaining why

The inaugural Black in Natural History Museums Week, Oct. 17-23, is an online social media festival that acknowledges, unites and celebrates Black people who work in natural history museums. Inspired by the “Black in X” social media campaigns, the week begins with a virtual roll call: a chance fo
“I fell in love with the work,” she said.

Insects of all stripes are in the midst of a vanishing act, a catastrophic sleight-of-hand occurring so rapidly that scientists can’t keep up. Things get even trickier when you consider that insects have a complex life cycle with eggs, larvae, pupae and adults. Are they all disappearing at equal rat
By weighing the amount of poop that fell inside each week, he calculated rough estimates

The number of unprovoked shark attacks worldwide decreased last year, tying with 2020 for the fewest number of reported incidents in the last 10 years. According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, there were a total of 57 unprovoked bites in 2022, most of which occurred
a glance After a brief increase in 2021, the number of unprovoked shark bites fell

The annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count concluded last week with volunteers tallying bird sightings in 28 countries throughout North, Central and South America. Despite inclement weather, the count marked another exceptionally good year for birds in Gainesville, Florida, where volunteers observed
When dusk fell, the team with the highest kill count was lauded as the winner.

If you’d stopped monitoring the Adriatic Sea’s marine life in the mid-20th century, the outlook would have been promising. Snails and the clams they hunt for food increased in abundance for several decades during the late 1800s and early 1900s, evidence of a vibrant and healthy ecosystem. Then, a
fairly steady for hundreds of years, spiked during the industrial revolution and fell

A recent paleontology exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History put fossils and scientists on full display. The exhibit featured a live laboratory in which paleontologists and volunteers cleaned and prepared specimens from Montbrook, a nearby fossil site with animal remains that have been pre
Some fell into an easy and natural cadence as they explained the ins and outs of