There have been two primary reasons for the decline of the smalltooth populations
Research International Shark Attack File Florida Museum Fish Collection There have
Approximately 1200 individual trees in the central areas of the campus have been
Approximately 1200 individual trees in the central areas of the campus have been
Let’s look a little closer at sawfish parts, habits, and biology:
Male sawfishes have paired intromittent organs called claspers.
Water covers over three-quarters of the earth’s surface. Fish live in this world of water and are the most numerous of the vertebrates, or animals with backbones. There are three major groups of living fish. Superclass Agnatha The first group is the Superclass Agnatha. This group is the most pri
The fish belonging to this group have no jaws.
Gustav Paulay, invertebrate zoology curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, describes what it takes to create and build a museum marine invertebrate collection. The Florida Museum’s nationally renowned collection is also the country’s fastest growing. Paulay also explains a museum project
So in order to do that we have collections, and we can go to the collections and
Let’s look a little closer at sharks parts, habits, and biology:
Male sharks have paired intromittent organs called claspers.
As you can probably imagine, teaching a virtual museum summer camp is quite different than teaching a traditional in-person camp but challenging times call for rising to the challenge, especially when it comes to creating positive experiences for our campers. And, as it turns out, many nuances of th
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Here is some general information on skate and stingray biology from topics that often come up when discussing these similar elasmobranch fishes. Download: Rays and Skates Upclose! (Powerpoint Presentation) Answers compiled by: Cathleen Be
to have flat bodies?
NON-VENOMOUS Other common names Rough Earth Snake Basic description Most adult Rough Earthsnakes are about 7-10 inches (18-26 cm) in total length. These are small glossy brown or grayish-brown snakes with a light yellow or cream-colored belly. The head is small with a distinctly pointed snout. A
Juveniles are darker than adults and have a white to light gray ring around the neck
About 55 million years ago, a warming event that swept the globe had a profound effect on mammals. A Florida Museum of Natural History study in the December 2010 print edition of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution describes a new species of carnivorous mammal that shrank to about half the size of
that the same thing happened in some carnivores, suggesting that other factors may have
