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Explosive fossil fruit found buried beneath ancient Indian lava flows – Research News

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Just before the closing scenes of the Cretaceous Period, India was a rogue subcontinent on a collision course with Asia. Before the two landmasses merged, however, India rafted over a “hot spot” within the Earth’s crust, triggering one of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history, which like
to an incredible diversity of life found nowhere else

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Study presents new species of bizarre, extinct lizard previously misidentified as a bird – Research News

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An international research team has described a new species of Oculudentavis, providing further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized dinosaur was actually a lizard. The new species, named Oculudentavis naga in honor of the Naga people of Myanmar and India, is represente
a treasure trove of fossil lizards found nowhere else

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Florida volunteers see record numbers of endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly – Research News

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F or the past nine years, volunteers working with the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Florida Park Service have trekked diligently through forest preserves on Key Largo in search of the federally endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly, more often than not coming back with more mosquit
forests that harbor several rare species found nowhere else

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The immense journey: The life of Harry Lee, in the words of those who knew him – Research News

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In his book, “The Immense Journey,” anthropologist Loren Eiseley wrote, “If there is magic in this world, it is contained in water.” There are few people who seemed to have grasped this truth as completely as Harry George Lee of Jacksonville, Florida, a physician, globe-trotter, researcher and an av
but instead are forced or choose to do something else

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Scientists discover nest, new northern range of Florida’s rare blue calamintha bee – Research News

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Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added a new location to its known range: Ocala National Forest. They also confirmed the insect feeds on a second, but highly endangered, host plant. Researchers made th
region harbors plant and animal species found nowhere else

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Leisey Shell Pit 1A – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Leisey Shell Pit 1A University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality HI007 Location About 7 km southwest of Ruskin near Cockroach Bay, Hillsborough County, Florida; 27.69° N, 82.50° W. Age Early Pleistocene Epoch; early Irvingtonian land mammal age About 1.5 to 1 million years ago (H
the site are found in greater numbers than anywhere else

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‘Netherworldly’ freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary – Research News

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At first glance, Garra surinbinnani looks like a stout, brown minnow with the face of a boxer who’s gone one too many rounds. But the deep gash in its forehead studded with blue spikes is a natural feature whose function remains a mystery. Discovered by Florida Museum of Natural History researche
He probably knew more about Thung Yai than anyone else

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How a century of fear turned deadly for sharks – Research News

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Before the summer of 1916, there was still debate about whether sharks could kill humans. Most people were not even sure if a shark could bite a human. One of them was New York multimillionaire Hermann Oelrichs, who offered a $500 reward in 1891 for anyone who proved a shark attacked a human. Tha
matter is that nobody wants to be eaten by something else

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Crawling out of history: The Grand Turk tortoise – Research News

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My Hero by Billy Collins Just as the hare is zipping across the finish line, the tortoise has stopped once again by the roadside, this time to stick out his neck and nibble a bit of sweet grass, unlike the previous time when he was distracted by a bee humming in the heart of a wildflower.
Nowhere else in the Caribbean have the bones of sea

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