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Animal Remains – Environmental Archaeology

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Zooarchaeology at the Lake Monroe Outlet Midden (8VO53) By Irvy R. Quitmyer Late in the Pleistocene epoch (ca. 14,000 B.P. – Before Present), Paleoindians entered North America across the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia. They spread across the landscape moving as far south as present day T
Although rare, their use would have added range to the animal portion of the diet

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Celebrating pollinators – Research News

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The fourth week of June is National Pollinator Week. What exactly is a pollinator? Why are pollinators important? Why should we celebrate them? Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower, known as an anther, to the female part, or stigma. We don’t give this process much
How plants woo pollinators Flowering plants have developed a vast array of features

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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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Plant Remains – Environmental Archaeology

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Archaeobotany at the Lake Monroe Outlet Midden (8VO53) By Donna L. Ruhl Archaeobotany is the study of plant remains from archaeological sites. It is both the science and the art of recovering, identifying, and interpreting how plant remains were used in the past at archaeological sites. Archaeobot
For example, what plants they may have exploited for food, building construction,

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Southern Watersnake – Florida Snake ID Guide

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NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Banded Watersnake, Florida Watersnake Basic description Most adult Southern Watersnakes are about 22-42 inches (56-107 cm) in total length. These are stout-bodied snakes with broad black, brown, or red crossbands (often bordered with black) down the back. The ligh
Cottonmouths have vertically elliptical (cat-like) pupils, whereas watersnakes have

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Five Facts: Limpkins in Florida – Research News

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Limpkins, Aramus guarauna, are medium-sized wading birds with long legs and long, slightly curved beaks. Their bodies are covered in brown feathers, and their heads and elongated necks are accented with white flecks. They’re usually found in freshwater wetlands, swamps and mangroves. They are oft
They are often confused with juvenile American white ibis, which have pointier, more

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Move over, armadillos. There’s a new bone-plated mammal in town – Research News

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Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their ancestral suit of armor for a layer of insulating hair. Armadillos, with their protective and flexible shell of imbricated bon
bone-plated mammal in town by Jerald Pinson • May 24, 2023 Armadillos 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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Here be dragons: Analysis reveals new species in Smaug lizard group – Research News

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Smaug, the deadly dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien’s „The Hobbit,“ has a few living relatives. With dense, alligator-like armor, these small, real-life dragon lizards are rock-crevice recluses mostly confined to mountaintops in southern Africa. Now, herpetologists Michael Bates, a curator at South Africa’s
of their energy and effort into simply being spiky and inedible, so they don’t have

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