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Saying goodbye to the Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife exhibit – Exhibits

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blog/goodbye-northwest-florida-exhibit/

On Feb. 26, 2023, the Florida Museum of Natural History will officially say goodbye to Powell Hall’s oldest permanent exhibit, Northwest Florida: Waterways and Wildlife. This goodbye comes with many memories and much excitement for a new exhibit, Water Shapes Florida, opening in Spring 2024, that wi
Giving countless hours to hand paint murals and carve

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School lesson gone wrong leads to new, bigger megalodon size estimate – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/school-lesson-leads-to-bigger-megalodon-size/

A more reliable way of estimating the size of megalodon shows the extinct shark may have been bigger than previously thought, measuring up to 65 feet, nearly the length of two school buses. Earlier studies had ball-parked the massive predator at about 50 to 60 feet long. The revised estimate is t
unearths a lone megalodon tooth the size of their hand

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Study provides road map for measuring animal, plant traits to meet global biodiversity goals – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/roadmap-for-measuring-animal-plant-traits-to-meet-biodiversity-goals/

An international team of researchers has outlined a plan for how to measure changes in key traits of animals and plants and provide these data to policymakers to improve natural resource management and keep nations on track to meet global biodiversity and sustainability goals.  Monitoring species
Having this information in hand can empower policymakers

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Echeneis naucrates – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/echeneis-naucrates/

Sharksucker Echeneis naucrates These are very recognizable fish because of their highly modified dorsal fin that is an oval shaped sucking disc. They are as long as 43 inches, and slender, with lower jaws that extend much further than upper. They attach themselves to sharks, turtles, whales,
sharksucker can be feed pieces of clam and fish by hand

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Costa Rica Photography Workshop with the Florida Museum and Holbrook Travel – Events

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/events/blog/costa-rica-photography-workshop-with-the-florida-museum-and-holbrook-travel/

It’s pre-dawn. Your camera and lenses are packed, and you’ve pulled yourself out of bed before sunrise for early morning photography. Nature photography takes planning, persistence, patience and grit. But you return home with images you are technically unhappy with. Perhaps they were not exposed pr
scenario, you’d have a professional photographer on hand

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Florida freshwater mussel gets protected habitat thanks to museum collections – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/florida-freshwater-mussel-gets-protected-habitat-thanks-to-museum-collections/

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated 190 miles of streams and rivers in Florida and Georgia as critical habitat for a rare species of freshwater mussel once thought to be extinct. The new ruling, which went into effect Aug. 2, outlines protective measures for the Suwannee moccasinshell,
biologists have to slowly sift through sediment by hand

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Somniosus microcephalus – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/somniosus-microcephalus/

Greenland Shark Somniosus microcephalus This large, heavy-set shark grows to an average 8-14 feet long but can get to be 24 feet. It has a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and relatively small dorsal fins. Although it is an apex predator, it is a slow swimmer, and likely ambushes its prey a
shark dentition: upper and lower teeth from the right-hand

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Past staff, students and volunteer – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/research/mossesinflas/our-staff-students-and-volunteer/

Lorena Endara, PhD Workflow Manager This has been an incredible opportunity to learn about bryophytes and lichens and to apply what I have learnt about collection and project management. Most importantly, I feel really lucky to have met an incredible group of fun and smart undergraduate stud
Having experienced these trials and revelations first-hand

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Amblyraja radiata – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/amblyraja-radiata/

Thorny Skate Amblyraja radiata These cool-water skates have rounded diamond shaped pectoral disks with stout tails, usually muddy brown on top, and white underneath. They are named for the scattered thorny denticles along their spines, edges of pectoral fins, and tails, interspersed with sma
Males, on the other hand, lose most of the thorns on

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