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Amber: A death trap for watery creatures – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/amber-a-death-trap-for-watery-creatures/

Shiny amber jewelry and a mucky Florida swamp have given scientists a window into an ancient ecosystem that could be anywhere from 15 million to 130 million years old. Scientists at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Natural History in Berlin made the landmark discovery t
The process of trapping these modern-day organisms in resin gives researchers a link

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Butterflies’ ‘secret’ to keeping cool hidden in wings – Research News

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A butterfly’s wings are more than just eye-catching flight gear. A new study reveals microscopic structures that give butterflies their vibrant colors can also play a vital role in how butterflies adapt to extreme climates. Like shingles on a roof, these microstructures interlock to trap and rele
This study could provide the “missing link” in scientists’ understanding of how butterflies

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Florida scientists tag deep-sea shark from submersible – Research News

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Florida scientists have tagged a deep-sea shark from a submersible, a historic first that took three expeditions, more than 2,000 pounds of bait, custom-built spear guns and over a dozen tries. After multiple attempts were scuppered by bad weather, misfiring spear guns, an interloping grouper and
will dislodge, float to the surface and transmit the stored data to a satellite link

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PLabel – University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium/methods/plabel/

The PLabel programs are designed to aid in the preparation of herbarium specimen labels and capture these label data in a database. The programs are not intended to be full-featured herbarium catalogs. The DOS version is usable but is no longer available except by special request. The MS-Windows ve
Installation Instructions Download the PLWin3.Zip file (right click the link and

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54-million-year-old skull reveals early evolution of primate brains – Research News

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Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Winnipeg have developed the first detailed images of a primitive primate brain, unexpectedly revealing that cousins of our earliest ancestors relied on smell more than sight. The analysis of a well-preserved skull from
“Hypotheses about early primate brain evolution often link keen smell with nocturnal

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In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy ‘chastity belts’ but females fight back – Research News

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Some male butterflies go to extreme lengths to ensure their paternity – sealing their mate’s genitalia with a waxy “chastity belt” to prevent future liaisons. But female butterflies can fight back by evolving larger or more complex organs that are tougher to plug. Males, in turn, counterattack by fa
between plugs and new species appearing faster, but my work suggested there was no link

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Embark on an adventure with the Florida Museum and Digital Worlds Institute movie premiere – Pressroom

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2024/01/17/treetender-2-premiere/

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Lights, camera, action! The Florida Museum of Natural History and Digital Worlds Institute invite the public to a free screening of the new animated short film “TreeTender 2” on Jan. 25 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The film seeks to inform viewers about the important role biodiversity
diversity of all animals, plants and organisms through wonderful visuals that seek to link

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Florida Museum honors 2021 Austin, Bullen student research award winners – Research News

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The Florida Museum of Natural History announced the 2021 winners of the Austin and Bullen Awards for student research and significant contributions to the development of museum collections and programs. The Florida Museum’s University Teaching Committee gave Ian Ausprey and Ana Paula dos Santos d
Charting the evolution of these mating plugs, Carvalho did not find a strong link

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DNA barcoding improves tropical butterfly classification – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/dna-bar-coding-improves-tropical-butterfly-classification/

When Charles Darwin journeyed to the Galapagos Islands in the 1830s, he collected some mysterious birds that later helped shape his theory of evolution by natural selection. Dubbed „Darwin’s finches,“ they became famous as an example of adaptive radiation, in which animals evolve from a common ances
as a University of Florida Ph.D. student that Andrei Sourakov found the missing link

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Concepción de la Vega – Historical Archaeology

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/research/dominican-republic/concepcion-de-la-vega/

In 1492, Columbus built a small fort near what is today the town of La Vega in the central Dominican Republic. It was intended to guard the route to the interior gold deposits of the Cibao valley. A Spanish settlement known as Concepción de la Vega gradually grew up around the fort, and aft
Link: http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0022363 Shephard, Herschel 1997 A Report:

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