February 23rd was the annual Calusa Heritage Day, hosted by the Randell Research Center at the Calusa Heritage Trail in Pineland. It was a great day weather-wise, and the many participants had a great time sharing their knowledge with the public. Over 1500 people attended. Dr. Karen Walker
Moncrief John Beriault uses a hand tool to decorate the pottery he is making.
Their mission? To extract an ice core from a polar ice cap and inspect its geological markers for climate change indicators.
Using the controller, they grabbed a hand ice auger, bored it into the compacted
Freshwater fishes in Florida are getting a close-up 60 years in the making. Florida Museum of Natural History ichthyologists have written a new book, “Fishes in the Fresh Waters of Florida,� to describe the freshwater and saltwater species found in Florida’s lakes, rivers and streams. The
you don’t have as good of a chance of identifying the animal that you have at hand
Carcharhinus porosus This slim, plain gray shark has a wide, triangular dorsal fin, and grows usually to just over 3 feet long. With its long, pointed snout and large eyes, it is well suited to the muddy bottoms of estuaries where it prefers to hunt small fish and invertebrates. because if its si
Smalltail shark dentition: upper and lower teeth from left-hand side.
Sea cucumbers are among the most abundant animals on the planet, occupying waters from the tropical reefs to the Antarctic and dominating the greatest habitat – the deep sea floor. But their diversity and ecological roles are poorly understood. To make matters worse, these loaf-like, bottom-dwell
easy to catch – they don’t move around very much, so you can just put your hand
The results of a yearlong science program show that one of the best ways to instill a lasting interest in science among children is to engage them alongside their family members. This finding runs counter to the current framework, in which children attend science-related summer camps and after-schoo
in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM), giving families first-hand
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
Researchers hand-excavated, screened and analyzed animal remains from Crystal River
In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the tropics. The finding runs counter to a long-held hypothesis that tropical regions, home to the planet’s richest biological diversity, outpace their temperate counterparts in producing new sp
“On the other hand, there seems to be a trend forming that, together with our study
At night in the Costa Rican cloud forest, Yash Sondhi and a small team of international scientists switched on a light and waited. Soon, insects big and small descended out of the darkness. Moths with spots like unblinking eyes on each wing. Shiny armored beetles. Flies. Once, even a praying mantis.
the very first experiments, I let a large yellow underwing moth take off from my hand
Entomologist Akito Kawahara’s message is straightforward: We can’t live without insects. They’re in trouble. And there’s something all of us can do to help. Kawahara’s research has primarily focused on answering fundamental questions about moth and butterfly evolution. But he’s increasingly haunt
You can give insects a hand – and reduce your electric bill – by turning off
