There are lots of easy steps you can take to make sure you are a successful sea turtle ambassador!
Network: Fall 2024 Recap Cup o’ Joe Mentions TESI Action of the Week: Try Your Hand
Florida Museum of Natural History researchers and amateur paleontologists teamed up to give K-12 teachers a crash course that came with some impressive party favors: real fossils. Through a four-day workshop in August 2017, called FOSSILs4Teachers!, 30 teachers from across the U.S. converged on a
of them, but that’s not the same as when they actually get to hold them in their hand
Macrobotanical Research at St. Catherines Island Principal Investigator: Donna Ruhl The St. Catherines Island archaeobotanical collection is among one of the largest well preserved plant collections for Spanish colonial remains in the Americas. In addition, its waterlogged component holds potent
Computerization included entering itemized hand inventories into the computer using
One of the coolest things about my job is collaborating with amazing people who share a deep passion for archaeology, heritage preservation, and conservation. Last August, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of
However, the first-hand experiences and lessons learned from Hurricane Ian have provided
Just as a butterfly leaves the chrysalis to spread its wings, in May 2007 the Butterfly Conservation Initiative decided to make a move that would allow the organization to take flight. Armed with resources that would allow the program to expand, Stephanie Sanchez was named program coordin
giving Florida Museum visitors an opportunity to see conservation efforts first-hand
Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America. The Spanish fort was built in 1566 in the capital of the Calusa, the most powerful Native American tribe in the region, on present-day Mound Key in
a lead-shot mold, clockwise from top left, an olive jar, various ceramics and a hand-wrought
With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as Argentina or Brazil. But what it lacks in land, it makes up in biodiversity. Deemed one of 17 “megadiverse” countries by Conservation International, Ecuador has the highest con
years studying flowering plants in Ecuador, Endara has witnessed species loss first-hand
Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields. The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species
plane, I would have been able to recognize them, but with the material we had on hand
Using a branch of AI called “machine learning,” humans will teach computers to identify the teeth of the extinct giant shark megalodon.
Network: Fall 2024 Recap Cup o’ Joe Mentions TESI Action of the Week: Try Your Hand
This past summer I had the opportunity to spend 9 weeks in Sichuan, a beautiful and culturally rich province in southwestern China. Along with four other undergraduate students and two professors from UF, I learned about Chinese culture and language, collaborated with Chinese graduate students, and
Network: Fall 2024 Recap Cup o’ Joe Mentions TESI Action of the Week: Try Your Hand
