Haile 7C University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality AL109 Location In a limerock quarry about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of the town of Newberry, Alachua County, Florida; 29.69º N, 82.56º W. Age Early Pleistocene Epoch; middle late Blancan land mammal age About 2.2 and 1.9 mil
All of the bones of the wrist and hand were preserved.
The Calusa may have been the only ancient people in North America who established a kingdom without practicing agriculture. Their sophistication and fierceness enabled them to resist Spanish domination for some 200 years. The Calusa king Caalus, perched high on his throne in his grand house, watc
They recovered various types of Spanish artifacts such as majolica ceramics, hand-wrought
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Step back in time and embark on an icy adventure at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s new “Antarctic Dinosaurs” exhibit, opening Oct. 7. While Antarctica is a frozen land of snow today, this exciting exhibition reveals the lush habitat it once was 200 million years ago a
assemble a puzzle that shows how the continents used to fit together or even try their hand
The Division of Vertebrate Paleontology welcomes the use of its collections by outside researchers regardless of academic affiliation. The following steps should be taken: Contact one of the Vertebrate Paleontology curators and inform them of the intended dates of your visit and the type(s)
Visitors wishing to borrow specimens and hand carry them back to their institution
Dragons are everywhere. Rachel Keeffe knows this. She recently talked to UF News about dragons on the Game of Thrones series. If dragons could exist, what would they look like? How and where would they thrive? Rachel is currently a herpetology Ph.D. student at the Florida Museum/UF departm
the world, but ended up having to cap that at 100 because it quickly got out of hand
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
He examined it with his hand lens.
During the winter holidays every year, hundreds of “snowbirds” travel from the northern U.S. and Canada for the warmth of the South Florida sun. But there’s always the occasional cold spell. As luck would have it, temperatures in December 2012 dropped while Florida Museum of Natural Histor
from a boat during the day, captured moths at night and collected sea creatures by hand
Shark attacks are most likely to occur on Sunday, in less than 6 feet of water, during a new moon and involve surfers wearing black and white bathing suits, a first-of-its-kind study from the Florida Museum suggests. Researchers analyzed statistics from shark attacks that occurred in Florida’s Vo
Hand splashing and feet kicking provoke sharks, which bite and release what they
In a letter to his friend and colleague, 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin referred to the sudden and rapid diversification of angiosperms, or flowering plants, as „an abominable mystery.“ Today, University of Florida researchers are part of a nationwide team preparing to open a door into a
“Amborella, on the other hand, is a sister species to more than 350,000 flowering
Earth Day, Every Day! This year the Florida Museum, in partnership with the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute, has declared the month of April, Earth Day, Every Day! We invite you to a full month of Earth Day activities and challenges. Each day we have a suggested activity or r
April 16 | Living Greener Which saves more water – dishwashing by hand or machine
