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Introduced Species – South Florida Aquatic Environments

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/regions/everglades/introduced-species/

The Everglades is threatened by introduced plants and animals. The Everglades National Park was established to protect the diverse natural habitats of the region which include freshwater marshes, hardwood hammocks, pinelands, cypress swamps, mangrove swamps, and estuaries. However, despite
Introduced species are those organisms that are native to somewhere else that have

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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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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

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-herps/florida-frog-calls/pinewoods-treefrog/

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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Vast DNA tree of life for plants revealed by global science team – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/vast-dna-tree-of-life-for-plants-revealed-by-global-science-team/

A new paper published today in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life. Using 1.8 billion letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species covering almost 8,00
groundbreaking tree of life by Guest author • April 24, 2024 Scientists have

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Panama Canal expansion rewrites history of world’s most ecologically diverse bats – Research News

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Most bats patrol the night sky in search of insects. New World leaf-nosed bats take a different approach. Among the more than 200 species of leaf-nosed bats, there are those that hunt insects; drink nectar; eat fruit; munch pollen; suck blood; and prey on frogs, birds, lizards and even other bats. T
from Central America by Jerald Pinson • February 20, 2024 Researchers have

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Underbite regained: Species feared extinct is the only frog with true teeth on its lower jaw – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/underbite-regained-species-feared-extinct-is-the-only-frog-with-true-teeth-on-its-lower-jaw/

In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000 living today, has true teeth on its lower jaw. The culprit, a large marsupial frog named Gastrotheca guentheri, has puzzled scientists since its discovery in 1882 for
This rare species, for which there have been no reported sightings since 1996, is

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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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Mysterious fruit shown to be the oldest-known fossils of the Frankincense and Myrrh family – Research News

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/mysterious-fruit-shown-to-be-the-oldest-known-fossils-of-the-frankincense-and-myrrh-family/

Early in the 1970s, a paleontologist working on the outskirts of an Indian village found small, bead-like fossils embedded in the gray chert dotting the surrounding fields. The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species
and Myrrh family by Jerald Pinson • December 19, 2023 Paleontologists have

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