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Annisa Karim joins Randell Research Center as new operations manager – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/annisa-karim-joins-randell-research-center/

Annisa Karim has always nurtured a fondness for the natural world. In her hometown of Nairobi, Kenya, Karim’s father took her and her sister to nearby national parks almost every weekend, instilling a deep appreciation for nature and laying the foundation for her future career in conservation biolog
To ensure her data made it into the right hands, she strategically published her

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Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida – Research News

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University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties. Rats and snails in Alachua, Leon, St. Johns, Orange and Hillsborough counties tested positive for the parasite, according to a study in PLoS O
children not to eat snails, and if they handle snails, make sure they wash their hands

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How to get the upper body of a burrowing frog – Research News

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You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want shredded pecs, you should train like a burrowing frog. Though famously round, these diggers are the unsung bodybuilders of the frog world. We bring you tips from frog expert Rachel Keeffe, a doctoral student at the University o
If resistance bands are part of your workout routine, try grasping one with both hands

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How we stuff a turkey at the Florida Museum – Research News

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The Florida Museum of Natural History added its own stuffed turkey to the estimated 45 million birds about to be gobbled up across the U.S. this holiday – but you wouldn’t want to bite into this one. Plumped with cotton, this turkey is meant to last for generations as a specimen in the museum’s o
like to follow Kratter’s turkey stuffing recipe, you’ll need a few hours, steady hands

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Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails – Research News

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Humans and other primates are outliers among mammals for having nails instead of claws. But how, when and why we transitioned from claws to nails has been an evolutionary head-scratcher. Now, new fossil evidence shows that ancient primates – including one of the oldest known, Teilhardina brandti
“We see a bit of ourselves in the hands and feet of living primates,” Bloch said.

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How bird flocks with multiple species behave like K-pop groups – Research News

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Birds of a feather don’t always flock together: Peer into a forest canopy, and you will likely spot multiple bird species flying and feeding together, a phenomenon most spectacular in the Amazon where 50 species may travel as a unit. But are birds in these mixed flocks cooperating with one another o
These specialists called repeatedly, as though to warn others of their kind “Hands

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Barcoding – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

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Barcoding the Specimens 1. Review the Specimen Handling Guidelines before you start working with the specimens. 2. Locate the starting point or where the last barcoding was carried out. There should be a marker on the outside and inside of the cabinet. 3. Select specimens based on our Specime
To avoid that, please, handle the specimen very carefully using both of your hands

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Florida Museum introduces new science outreach programs for Gainesville children – Research News

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When the Gainesville Cultural Arts Coalition approached Florida Museum of Natural History school outreach coordinator Alberto Lopez in January to deliver a program at its science club for local children, he decided to do something different: a four-part series exploring the physics of nature called
get to scaffold my lessons, build on previous visits, create a theme and hold the hands

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Ferns finally get a genome, revealing a history of DNA hoarding and kleptomania – Research News

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Ferns are notorious for containing massive amounts of DNA and an excessively large number of chromosomes. Defying all expectations, a fern no larger than a dinner plate currently holds the title for highest chromosome count, with a whopping 720 pairs crammed into each of its nuclei. This penchant of
endeavor will generate untold genomic resources that researchers will have their hands

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Down Like Lead – Exhibits

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The water surrounding Florida is a graveyard for thousands of ships — casualties of shifting sands, coral reefs, and treacherous hurricanes. Today, these shipwrecks are time capsules that reflect the history of maritime trade, colonial expansion by sea, and the changing fortunes of European powers i
The crew burned the ship to keep her out of Spanish hands; her exact location remains

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