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Paleontologists discover elephant graveyard in North Florida – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/paleontologists-discover-elephant-graveyard-in-north-florida/

About five and a half million years ago, several gomphotheres — extinct relatives of elephants — died in or near a river in North Florida. Although their deaths likely occurred hundreds of years apart, their bodies were all deposited in a single location, entombed alongside other animals that had me
North Florida Researchers and volunteers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have

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DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/gymnosperm-origin-evolution/

Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never throwing anything out that might be useful later, they often duplicate their entire genome and hang on to the added genetic baggage. All those extra genes are then free to mutate and produce new physical traits, hastening the tempo of evolution
A new study shows that such duplication events have been vitally important throughout

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Over one-fifth of native North American pollinators at elevated risk of extinction – Research News

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A pivotal new study led by NatureServe reveals that more than 22% of native pollinators in North America are at an elevated risk of extinction. This first-of-its-kind, taxonomically diverse assessment evaluated nearly 1,600 species—including bees, beetles, butterflies, moths, flower flies, bats a
We also have a lot of plant diversity, which begets insect diversity.

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Mammoth Ivory Point with Incised Pattern – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years @FloridaMuseum

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This object is on permanent display in the Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land exhibit, located in the End of the Pleistocene corner case. Summary Mammoth Ivory Point with Incised Pattern From Jefferson Co., Florida Lived/Made ~12,000 years ago Collection Florida Archaeology Story
Similar shaped tools of bone and ivory have been found across Florida as well as

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Barbourofelis loveorum – Florida Vertebrate Fossils

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Barbourofelis loveorum Quick Facts Common Name: Loves’ false sabercat Barbourofelis loveorum is an extinct sabertoothed carnivore that weighed approximately 150 lbs, or about the size of a modern jaguar. It is believed that the Barbourofelis loveorum preferred a thickly wooded habitat, and
loveorum preferred a thickly wooded habitat, and was an ambush predator that may have

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Hunting fossil hummingbirds in Florida – Research News

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Birders in Florida may get a thrill when they spy a ruby-throated hummingbird flitting through their backyard — after all, it is the only species of hummer found in the state — but they may not know that millions of years ago when the climate was warmer and wetter, early hummingbird prototypes may
years ago when the climate was warmer and wetter, early hummingbird prototypes may have

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World’s soft coral diversity retains signature of an ancient, vanished sea – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/worlds-soft-coral-diversity-retains-signature-of-an-ancient-vanished-sea/

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they’ve been studied, you’d think we’ve learned just about everything about them by now. But talk to a marine biologist, and they will quickly
by Jerald Pinson • June 24, 2025 An international team of scientists have

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Extinct Caribbean bird’s closest relatives hail from Africa, South Pacific – Research News

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In a genetic surprise, ancient DNA shows the closest family members of an extinct bird known as the Haitian cave-rail are not in the Americas, but Africa and the South Pacific, uncovering an unexpected link between Caribbean bird life and the Old World. Like many animals unique to the Caribbean,
relatives of cave-rails, were large, flightless birds with big beaks that could have

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Pinewoods Treefrog – Discover Herpetology

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Pinewoods Treefrog Scientific name: Hyla femoralis These very small frogs are sometimes called „Morse code frogs“ because of their distinct call. Their coloring helps them blend into the trees and leaves they inhabit, but you can usually tell them apart from similar frogs because of the spots on
Skin color varies from tans and browns to greens or grays, and they may have blotches

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