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Third annual ‘Black in Natural History Museums Week’ kicks off Oct. 15 – Research News

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The third annual Black in Natural History Museums week will take place Oct 15-21 with online and in-person events that highlight the past and present contributions of Black people to natural history museums. This year, the week’s program offers an exploration of the varied career paths within nat
As in previous years, new and returning participants will have the opportunity to

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Florida Green Watersnake – Florida Snake ID Guide

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NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Florida Green Water Snake Basic description Most adult Florida Green Watersnakes are about 30-55 inches (76-140 cm) in total length. Adults are stout-bodied snakes and may be greenish, brownish, or orangish, with no real distinctive markings other than dark speckl
They have not been recorded in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Holmes counties

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Florida’s invasive amphibian and reptile problem leads world – Research News

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During the 1800s, the world was going through transformations steered by war, invention, scientific innovation and the discovery of new land. The time period saw the collapse of some empires and the rise of others, from the British and Japanese to the booming United States of America. The Industrial
recent studies show the devastating effects these up to 20-foot-long creatures have

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Midland Watersnake – Florida Snake ID Guide

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NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Common Watersnake Basic description Most adult Midland Watersnakes are about 24-30 inches (60-76 cm) in total length. Adults are stout-bodied and light brown with dark brown or reddish-brown crossbands near the neck, which are often outlined in black. These crossb
Cottonmouths have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils, whereas watersnakes have

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Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance – Research News

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Amphibians are exceptionally good at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live in moss patches and feast on microscopic insects, and inch-long African frogs that spend their entire lives in and around the banks of small puddles. In fact, the title for the
Pinson • June 16, 2022 Brachycephalus frogs are so small, they appear to have

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Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’ – Research News

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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
agricultural expansion, petroleum production and a lack of ecological awareness have

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Saltmarsh Snake – Florida Snake ID Guide

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NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Saltmarsh Watersnake, Atlantic Saltmarsh Watersnake, Gulf Saltmarsh Watersnake, Mangrove Saltmarsh Watersnake Basic description Most adult Saltmarsh Snakes are about 15-30 inches (38-76 cm) in total length. Color patterns of these snakes are extremely variable. Ad
Cottonmouths have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils, whereas watersnakes have

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Nicolas Gauthier leveraging AI to increase the value of museum collections – Research News

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Earlier this year, Nicolas Gauthier joined the Florida Museum of Natural History as its first curator of artificial intelligence, part of a broad initiative by the University of Florida to spur innovation in AI and data science. Gauthier has spent over a decade studying the cultural history o
fields of science and the interdisciplinary collaborations that form as a result have

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