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Profiles The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection June 27, 2018
from the Florida Museum of Natural History
Profiles The man behind the world’s largest private shell collection June 27, 2018
Southern Cricket Frog Scientific name: Acris gryllus These very small, bumpy frogs have a distinct Y-shaped pattern on their backs. Their call is similar to a cricket. They are found throughout most of Florida and look very similar to the northern cricket frogs that only live in the Florida Panh
and around almost any freshwater habitat from swamps and wetlands, to ponds and man-made
Collecting seashells on the beach is a wildly popular hobby here in Florida. Beyond the sometimes exquisite beauty of these shells, they tell incredible stories of life in our oceans. Scientists and amateur collectors alike study shells and the animals that create them to better understand our natur
large contributions to the Florida Museum from his own private collection: The man
From September of 1565 to May of 1566 the Spanish colonists under Pedro Menéndez made their settlement at Seloy’s town. During that time they fought and expelled the French settlers at Fort Caroline, converted Seloy’s council house into a fort, and used St. Augustine as a base for exploration of oth
People Juanillo Juanillo: African interpreter and Indian captive The man known as
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Ayvaz at work, 2011 2011 excavations Surf Clam Ridge excavations, 2006 Calusa man
Southern Leopard Frog Scientific name: Lithobates sphenocephalus (or Rana sphenocephala) These are some of the most abundant frogs in Florida and are usually found in and around shallow bodies of water. They are true frogs and have a classic frog shape, and are marked with dark ‘leopard spots’ a
They’re urbanized and can live in man-made ponds, canals and ditches too.
Introduced species are those organisms that are native to somewhere else that have been introduced through human activities. Many introduced species have detrimental effects on native flora and fauna due to lack of population controls such as predators and disease. As population numbers grow out of
time, this fish has been quite successful at expanding its range throughout the man-made
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occasional hiccups we may experience in the real world, … Continue Florida Man
Unionidae is a family of freshwater mussels with a global range. There are about 300 recognized species in North America alone. They’re also called river mussels because most species live in rivers and creeks. Because most live in water that constantly flows in one direction, they’ve had to evolve a
discovered in museum collections, may be extinct Five Facts Five Facts: Portuguese man-of-war
As the number of soldiers sent to St. Augustine’s garrison increased, the demand for housing also grew. The area between the plaza and the Castillo was settled mostly during the time after 1670. It seems that much of the property in St. Augustine was held and passed through women, since by the eigh
dowry, helping young women to make an advantageous marriage—ideally with a military man