Carcharhinus longimanus This large shark is readily recognized by its long white-tipped paddle-like pectoral fins and rounded first dorsal fin (Compagno et al. 2005). Solitary and slow moving, it prefers the upper layers of deep-water areas, where it is an opportunistic hunter (Baum et al. 2015).
Upper and lower teeth, left-hand side, B. Sixth upper tooth, C.
Many species live in seagrasses: Bacteria and Fungi Bacteria and fungi are responsible for the decomposition of dead seagrass blades. Microfauna and meiofauna colonize the dead seagrass blades, feeding on the bacteria and fungi as well as on the dissolved organic matter released from the decompo
On the other hand, species occurring over seagrasses only during the day include
Defining taxon: first appearance of the ground sloth Pliometanastes (Tedford et al., 2004) Basis of name: Wood et al. (1941) based the name on what they termed the “Hemphill member of the Ogallala [Formation].� This stratigraphic unit was originally named the “Hemphill Beds� by Reed and Longnecke
Hemingfordian Florida Fossil Permits Vertebrate Paleontology Collection Articulated left hand
Lab members (current and recent past) in bold Godden, G.T.*, Crowl, A.A.*, Patten, S.R., Abu, P., Hall, S., Johnston, M.O., Schemske, D.W., Barger, T.W., Pérez-Pérez, M.A., Herlihy, C.R., Delph, L.F., Blackwood, C.B., Case, A.L+., Cellinese, N+. 2025. Population-level phylogenomic analysis yields
Crowl, A., Visger, C., Mansion, G., Hand, R., Wu, H.
Mangroves Support: Microorganisms Algae Invertebrates Fish Reptiles and Amphibians Birds Mammals Microorganisms Mangroves are an important part of estuarine food webs, producing large amounts of leaf litter. Leaves drop from the mangrove trees and are quickly decompose
On the other hand, the American crocodile is quite rare, relying heavily on mangrove
The event celebrated the work of TESI collaborators who have excelled in Earth systems education, outreach, and communication.
even get her involved in outreach activities so she could experience them first-hand
The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) Databases of all sizes are traditionally assumed to be the domain of industry and the private sector, especially in the age of the “Internet of Things [IoT],� where sensor data from different internet-enabled devices is stored in aggregated forms for picki
data analysis is to transform information into a form that fits the question at hand
Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from the „Ancient Floridians“ chapter of „Florida’s Indians from Ancient Times to the Present,“ by Jerald T. Milanich, published by University Press of Florida in 1998. Since at least the 1920s, residents of Florida have been finding Indian artifacts
Some of the smaller pieces were smooth, and shaped as though made by hand but they
“I did hear about your hopefully temporary transfer into higher administrative realms. My only advice is to ditch it as soon as possible.� Noted evolutionary biologist and author Stephen Jay Gould typed up the preceding exhortation in a letter he wrote to Doug Jones in 1996, referencing his recent a
He maintained a steady hand through the economic downturn of 2008 and the sudden
The selected projects are intended to communicate Earth systems science research to either K-12 students and teachers or lifelong learners. Â
scientists to communicate their work because they are the best source for first-hand
