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Threatened + Endangered Species – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/hardwood-hammocks/endangered-species/

Hardwood hammocks provide habitat for many threatened and endangered species. Threatened and endangered species residing in tropical hardwood hammocks include numerous trees, shrubs, and vines. Hammock trees currently listed as threatened or endangered include: brittle thatch palm (Thrinax
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Hardwood Hammocks – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/hardwood-hammocks/

Hardwood hammocks are home to many threatened and endangered plant species. Tropical hardwood hammocks are found along both coasts of south Florida as well as throughout the Everglades and Florida Keys. In the northern portion of the Everglades, hammocks are dominated by trees of temperate
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#MuseumLife, Bald Eagle Specimen – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/bald-eagle-specimen/

Bald eagle Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Specimen: UF-O-52443 Although bald eagles were on the brink of extinction due to habitat loss and impacts from DDT, their populations recovered sufficiently to be taken off the endangered species list in 1995. Bald eagles are now categorize
Life on Earth Unique dove species is the dodo of the Caribbean and in similar danger

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Irma’s Impacts – Randell Research Center

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/rrc/blog/irmas-impacts/

Plants flowering at the wrong time of year suggest the approach of a powerful wind. Dolphins inexplicably abandon the harbor. Familiar birds are suddenly nowhere to be seen. Such observations have been recounted by local fisherfolk and Native Americans as signs that a serious storm is on the way. W
Pineland Road and meant that we sprang into action post-storm immediately after the danger

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Red Lionfish – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/red-lionfish/

Pterois volitans This Indo-Pacific reef fish has become an invasive species in the Western Atlantic with few or no predators. This almond-shaped fish is covered in red and white zebra striping, and has long, elaborate fins and venomous spines. They can grow to between 12 and 15 inches long, and p
eradicate the species has been enacted or recommended despite the enormous potential danger

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Native Hawaiian Snails – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100-years/object/native-hawaiian-snails/

The Hawaiian Islands once had over 800 different types of snails. Scientists estimate that nearly half have been lost to extinction in recent history, due to predation by introduced species and habitat loss. Summary Hawaiian Snails Carelia bicolor, Achatinella vittata, and Achatinella rosea
those, only 15 can still be found alive today and most of those are in imminent danger

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Thorny Skate – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/thorny-skate/

Amblyraja radiata These cool-water skates have rounded diamond shaped pectoral disks with stout tails, usually muddy brown on top, and white underneath. They are named for the scattered thorny denticles along their spines, edges of pectoral fins, and tails, interspersed with smaller ‚prickles‘. T
Danger to Humans There is little danger associated with the thorny skate.

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Great Barracuda – Discover Fishes

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/great-barracuda/

Sphyraena barracuda This long, tubular fish has a very pointed snout filled with two rows of teeth, and small fins set back towards its crescent caudal (tail) fin. It is a shiny blue-gray above, fading to silver and white below, usually with dark spots on its lower sides, and sometimes with faint
successful daytime ambush hunter that can burst in speeds up to 35 mph, and is a danger

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Five Facts: Sawfishes in Florida – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five-facts-sawfishes-in-florida/

Sawfishes live in coastal tropical and subtropical waters, including estuaries and river systems. Once ranging from New York to Texas, the smalltooth sawfish is now largely limited to the waters off the Florida coasts. With populations of sawfishes in decline, all information about these species is
They are in danger of extinction due to overfishing and habitat modification and

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