within the island’s two countries of Haiti and the Dominican
within the island’s two countries of Haiti and the Dominican
Researchers working in one of the world’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems have discovered a new plant species, Castela senticosa, which they recommend be designated as endangered. The plant, which grows as a small bush sheathed in an imposing layer of thorns, was found during a survey to c
flora of the Martín García mountain range in the Dominican
Get an up-close look into the lives of humpback whales and the detailed process of rearticulating Humphrey, the Museum’s humpback whale skeleton that hangs in front of the Discovery Zone. Humpback whales were once on the verge of extinction, but thanks to global conservation efforts their populatio
part of the Sanctuary for the Marine Mammals of the Dominican
The bright chirp of the coquí frog, the national symbol of Puerto Rico, has likely resounded through Caribbean forests for at least 29 million years. A new study published in Biology Letters describes a fragmented arm bone from a frog in the genus Eleutherodactylus, also known as rain frogs or co
displaces an amber frog fossil discovered in the Dominican
Shell is strongly humped (more so in adult whorls) and appears deformed (warped), with an irregular apertural lip. Sculpture is cancellate, comprising fine spiral cords and coarser axial ribs. Size: 35-50 mm. Ecology: inhabits shallow-offshore (15-100 m) marine waters; on sediment surface; preda
distribution: Caribbean – Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Shell is robust, with an elongate spire, and a thick callus. Shell surface is smooth. Size: 30-45 mm. Ecology: inhabits shallow marine (5-50 m) waters, plowing through sand near sediment surface or crawling along sediment surface; predatory; snail will envelop its prey and then bore a hole throu
distribution: Caribbean – Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
The Florida Museum of Natural History Historical Archaeology program has had active research projects ongoing in St. Augustine, Florida since 1973, and in Hispaniola since 1979. The sites and their collections have provided a continuum of Spanish colonial settlement in the circum-Caribbean region,
of Youth Park The Nombre de Dios Mission Sites Dominican
Shell is slender, with two strong ribs per whorl (bicarinate), which are often noded (regular small bumps). Growth lines are often visible on later whorls. Size: 60-80 mm. Ecology: inhabits shallow-offshore marine (10-100 m) waters, burrowing in silt near sediment surface; filter-feeding. Geo
Caribbean – Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Shell is slender, with the shoulder of lower whorls angulated, and a long and narrow aperture. Sculpture is cancellate, with fine spiral threads and narrow axial ribs. Size: 30-45 mm. Ecology: inhabits offshore marine (15-100 m) waters, crawling on sediment surface; carnivorous predator of predo
distribution: Caribbean – Panama, Brazil, Costa Rica, Dominican
Shell has a trigonal profile and round outline. Sculpture of 4 or 5 spiral cords (sometimes beaded). Umbilicus is round, deep, and lined with heavy beading. Size: 30-40 mm. Ecology: inhabits shallow-offshore marine (10-100 m waters), crawling on sediment surface; browsing carnivore; planktonic l
Caribbean – Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
