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Akito Kawahara talks insect declines – and what you can do – with Adam Conover – Research News

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Comedian Adam Conover believed the world would be better off without mosquitoes – until entomologist Akito Kawahara joined his “Factually!” podcast. Kawahara, associate curator at the Florida Museum’s McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, explained that mosquitoes are a vital source of
Here are three simple ways to lend insects a hand.

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Museum receives $455,000 grant to curate, digitize vertebrate fossils – Research News

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A new National Science Foundation grant allows scientists to prepare vertebrate paleontology specimens at the Florida Museum of Natural History, which houses the nation’s third-largest collection of cataloged vertebrate fossils. The $455,000 three-year project includes preparing 2-million-year-ol
the specimens is dependent on communication with Waldrop to correctly interpret hand-written

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Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus – Invertebrate Zoology

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Labyrinth crab, Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus (Stimpson, 1860) The labyrinth crab, Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus (Stimpson, 1860), is one of 8 species in the genus Glyptoxanthus A. Milne Edwards, 1859, which belongs to one of the largest families within the order Decapoda, the crab family Xanthidae. Th
On the other hand, the hairy eroded crab, G. meandricus (Klunzinger, 1913) from the

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Inferring Geomorphic Processes – For Educators

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This lesson plan was developed as part of the 2012-2016 Great American Biotic Interchange Research Experiences for Teachers Project (GABI RET). Team Megan Hendrickson Science Educator Academy of the Holy Names, FL Michael Ziegler Environmental Sciences and Geology student Georgia College an
that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand

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Introducing K-12 teachers to our Panama fieldwork – Research News

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Over the past 4 million years, North American fauna migrated to South America via the Isthmus of Panama. Florida Museum scientists and K-12 educators recently made the same trek to dig up the past. A new $350,000 National Science Foundation grant is engaging Florida Museum of Natural History
memorization of facts, MacFadden said this is a good time for teachers to gain first-hand

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Shark attacks drop during coronavirus lockdown – Research News

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Shark attack numbers have sunk to dramatic lows, likely a side effect of closed beaches and widespread quarantines, according to experts at the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File. Only 18 unprovoked shark bites have been confirmed globally from Jan. 1 to June 18, down from 24
important, Bowling said, advising surfers to have a first aid kit and tourniquet on hand

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Systematics, evolution and biogeography of Campanulaceae – Cellinese Lab

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Campanulaceae are a large, cosmopolitan angiosperm clade with diverse pollinator adaptations including specialized floral morphologies and secondary pollen presentation mechanisms. We are investigating the the broad-scale relationships of this ca. 65 million year old clade. Along with the relationsh
Crowl, A., Visger, C., Mansion, G., Hand, R., Wu, H.

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Adaptations – South Florida Aquatic Environments

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Morphological and Physiological adaptions are required for: Physical Stability Salt Tolerance Anaerobic Sediments Reproduction Physical Stability Adaptations Root adaptations make it possible for mangroves to live in the soft sediments along the shoreline Root adaptations increas
On the other hand, salt excreters remove salt through glands located on each leaf

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Museum biologist joins ‘moonshot’ project to sequence DNA of all eukaryotes – Research News

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Florida Museum of Natural History plant biologist Pam Soltis is part of a 24-member team that aims to sequence the DNA of all of Earth’s known plants, animals, fungi and microbial eukaryotes over a period of 10 years. The team announced the initiative, known as the Earth BioGenome Project, in a p
This will allow the team to use thousands of organisms already on hand in museums

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‘Terror bird’ arrived in North America before land bridge – Research News

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Evidence from a study led by the Florida Museum of Natural History confirms that the carnivorous, seven-foot-tall „terror bird“ likely arrived in North America from South America several million years before a land bridge connected the two continents. Previously, scientists assumed the 330-pound, fl
The terror bird is shown in the lower left hand corner.Painting by Carl Buell “It

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