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Alcoholic, womanizing, Islamophobe U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is also a climate denier. He has instructed the armed forces to ignore climate impacts and has demanded the Pentagon cut funding on military installations aimed at combating the effects of climate change, including at bases in Florida.The Montrose Fossil Site roughly 45 minutes south of Gainesville in Levy County has become one of the most globally significant paleontological digs in the world. Jonathan Bloch runs the site for the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He joins us on this episode to discuss the site's discovery, what it has revealed, and how to volunteer there.Become a patron of "Welcome to Florida" and for just $5 per month you can support the show and receive exclusive access to our weekly "Florida Conservation Newsletter."
Dr. Jaret Daniels of the Florida Museum of Natural History stops by to talk about his work, which we are fundraising for RIGHT NOW in the Wild Green Charity Battle! To donate: http://wildgreencharitybattle.org To learn more about the Charity Battle and Wild Green Future: http://wildgreenfuture.org To learn more about the Daniels lab: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/daniels-lab/ Thanks to Rx Fire for the great music! Listen to them here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0SDbkVb4QmUvWGzkjc0XOd
In a special collection at the University of Florida, a diverse array of birds are suspended in death - a vital tool to understand our feathered neighborhoods, and how we can protect them. Thank you to Chelsea Rice for her incredible design of our summer logo! Follow Chelsea on Instagram here! All of the music was originally composed. Thank you to Dr. Andrew Kratter for his help chatting ornithology and UF's incredible collection! Plan your visit to the Florida Museum here! Thank you to Dr. Daisy Fiore for her invitation to help train their bird! Plan your visit to the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey here! All of the music was originally composed.
"Same beach, same exact rock, same place, same reef, same everything." While the odds of being bitten by a shark are remarkably low—1 in 4.3 million, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History—one Stuart, Florida, man has beaten those odds twice in just over 10 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Send us your Florida questions!"Art is not for everyone, but it can be for anyone," so says today's guest, freelance arts writer and Fernandina Beach resident Chadd Scott.Art BaselGasparilla Festival of the ArtsSarasota ModernHighwaymen Art WeekendPurvis YoungRobert RauschenbergAppleton MuseumNorton Museum of ArtVickers Collection at UFRollins College Museum of ArtThe AlfondThe Morse MuseumMannello Museum of American ArtSidewalk Art Festival in Winter ParkChihuly Collection at Morean Arts CenterFresh Squeezed Emerging Artists at the MoreanWolfsonian Mildred Thompson's 'Magnetic Fields' at Cummer Museum in JacksonvilleThomas Moran's Ponce de Leon painting at the Cummer.seegreatart.artImage: Mildred Thompson's 'Magnetic Fields,' courtesy of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville.Support the showSupport the podcast! For $5/month, you get premium Florida Keys history and travel tips with Brad Bertelli and Cathy Salustri.Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Find her on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathy; Twitter/IG: @CathySalustri Question or comment? Email: cathy@floridaspectacular.com. Free, weekly episodes of "The Florida Spectacular" are co-hosted by Rick Kilby.Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/ and http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/. Connect: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and IG (@ricklebee).Premium, biweekly episodes of "The Florida Keys" Spectacular are co-hosted by Brad Bertelli. Find Brad's column in The Keys Weekly newspaper, ch...
Dr. Advait Jukar, our first ever guest, returns for another crack at the Ice Age franchise. In The Meltdown (2006), we catch up with the world's most famous computer-animated megafauna as they flee climate change, and a snake-oil salesman, and vultures, and Mesozoic monsters, and in the end it turns out the stakes were never really that high. But if you like long lists of scientific names for animals, then you're in for a treat! Advait's links: Florida Museum of Natural History: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ The Montbrook fossil site: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/montbrook/ Win some SotSA Merch! Send your mistakes, inaccuracies, and corrections to us by email or social media: Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.com In this episode: The Channeled Scablands: http://www.sevenwondersofwashingtonstate.com/the-channeled-scablands.html The fan list of species we're using in this episode: https://parody.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Species_in_Ice_Age_2:_The_Meltdown Sloths: Megalonyx:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalonyx Nothrotheriops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothrotheriops Eremotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremotherium Paramylodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramylodon Armadillos: Dasypus bellus, the beautiful armadillo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasypus_bellus Pampatheres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampatheriidae Holmesina (a genus of Pampathere): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmesina Glyptodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon Sea Creatures: Huphesuchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hupehsuchus Metriorhynchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metriorhynchus Dakosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakosaurus Brachauchenius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachauchenius Globidens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globidens Pacus: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/pacu-fish.htm Elephants: Platybelodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platybelodon Paracerotherium, the inspiration for Star Wars' ATAT: https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-did-a-mega-mammal-inspire-star-wars/ Aphanobelodon: https://www.deviantart.com/cisiopurple/art/Aphanobelodon-zhaoi-939120720 Other animals: Megaloceras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaloceros Protoceratideae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoceratidae Macrauchenia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrauchenia Serranía de la Lindosa cave art: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0496 Chalicotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalicotherium Tylocephalonyx (dome-headed chalicothere): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylocephalonyx Mylagaulidae (horned rodents): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylagaulidae Bootherium (extinct Muskox): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootherium Dodo (Raphuscucullatus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo The only painting of a dodo from life? https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/ts256f/the_dodos_true_coloursa_dodo_that_was_painted/ Other dodo sketches from life: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228371340_The_history_of_the_Dodo_Raphus_cucullatus_and_the_penguin_of_Mauritius The White Dodo: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/anh.2004.31.1.57 New woolly rhino mummy: https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/siberian-gold-miners-accidentally-find-ancient-woolly-rhino-mummy-with-horn-and-soft-tissues-still-intact
Dr. Advait Jukar, our first ever guest, returns for another crack at the Ice Age franchise. In The Meltdown (2006), we catch up with the world's most famous computer-animated megafauna as they flee climate change, and a snake-oil salesman, and vultures, and Mesozoic monsters, and in the end it turns out the stakes were never really that high. But if you like long lists of scientific names for animals, then you're in for a treat!Advait's links:Florida Museum of Natural History: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/The Montbrook fossil site: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/sites/montbrook/Win some SotSA Merch! Send your mistakes, inaccuracies, and corrections to us by email or social media:Twitter: @SotSA_PodcastBluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.socialFacebook: @SotSAPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/Email: screensofthestoneage@gmail.comIn this episode:The Channeled Scablands: http://www.sevenwondersofwashingtonstate.com/the-channeled-scablands.htmlThe fan list of species we're using in this episode: https://parody.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Species_in_Ice_Age_2:_The_MeltdownSloths:Megalonyx:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegalonyxNothrotheriops: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NothrotheriopsEremotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EremotheriumParamylodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParamylodonArmadillos:Dasypus bellus, the beautiful armadillo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasypus_bellusPampatheres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PampatheriidaeHolmesina (a genus of Pampathere): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HolmesinaGlyptodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlyptodonSea Creatures:Huphesuchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HupehsuchusMetriorhynchus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetriorhynchusDakosaurus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DakosaurusBrachauchenius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrachaucheniusGlobidens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobidensPacus: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/pacu-fish.htmElephants:Platybelodon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlatybelodonParacerotherium, the inspiration for Star Wars' ATAT: https://www.howitworksdaily.com/how-did-a-mega-mammal-inspire-star-wars/Aphanobelodon: https://www.deviantart.com/cisiopurple/art/Aphanobelodon-zhaoi-939120720Other animals:Megaloceras: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegalocerosProtoceratideae: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProtoceratidaeMacrauchenia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacraucheniaSerranía de la Lindosa cave art: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0496 Chalicotherium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChalicotheriumTylocephalonyx (dome-headed chalicothere): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TylocephalonyxMylagaulidae (horned rodents): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MylagaulidaeBootherium (extinct Muskox): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BootheriumDodo (Raphuscucullatus): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DodoThe only painting of a dodo from life? https://www.reddit.com/r/Naturewasmetal/comments/ts256f/the_dodos_true_coloursa_dodo_that_was_painted/Other dodo sketches from life: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228371340_The_history_of_the_Dodo_Raphus_cucullatus_and_the_penguin_of_MauritiusThe White Dodo: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/anh.2004.31.1.57New woolly rhino mummy: https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/siberian-gold-miners-accidentally-find-ancient-woolly-rhino-mummy-with-horn-and-soft-tissues-still-intact
Episode 164 – Gainesville, FL: A Family-Friendly Destination and College Town Episode Summary: In this episode of The Family Vacationer, Rob takes you on a journey to Gainesville, Florida—a vibrant city that's perfect for family vacations and an ideal spot for those considering the University of Florida. Whether you're exploring the great outdoors, visiting cultural hotspots, or looking into college options, Gainesville has something for everyone. Key Topics Covered: 1. Modern History of Gainesville: - Learn about Gainesville's rich history, from its early days as a railroad hub to its transformation into a lively college town, thanks to the University of Florida. 2. Family-Friendly Activities: - Explore Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, where you can spot wild bison and horses. - Wander through Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, perfect for nature-loving families. - Visit the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo for an educational and interactive animal experience. - Discover the Florida Museum of Natural History, featuring the popular Butterfly Rainforest. - Cool off with tubing at Ichetucknee Springs State Park, just a short drive from Gainesville. 3. You Places to Stay: - Find family-friendly accommodations, from the modern Hotel ELEO at UF to the charming Sweetwater Branch Inn. - Budget-conscious travelers can check out Drury Inn & Suites Gainesville for great value and amenities. 4. Family-Friendly Dining: - Enjoy pizza and quirky vibes at Satchel's Pizza, complete with a playground for kids. - Savor diverse dishes at The Top, a downtown spot with something for everyone. - Opt for healthy, locally-sourced meals at Civilization. - Don't miss SweetBerries Frozen Custard & Eatery for a sweet treat. 5. Gainesville as a College Town: - Get insights into what makes Gainesville an appealing choice for families with teens considering the University of Florida. - Learn about campus life, safety, housing, and the vibrant community that supports UF students. Whether you're planning a family vacation or helping your teen explore college options, this episode provides a comprehensive guide to Gainesville, FL. Rob shares tips on the best activities, places to stay, and dining options, along with valuable insights into what makes Gainesville a top-notch college town. Enjoy the episode? Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share The Family Vacationer with other families looking for travel inspiration. Got questions or suggestions? Reach out to us—we'd love to hear from you! Listen Now: [Insert podcast link]
Welcome back to ARTMATTERS: The Podcast for Artists. My guest today is Ebtisam Abdulaziz. Ebtisam is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. She explores issues of identity and culture through installation, performance, mixed-media, painting and works on paper. She has exhibited extensively and internationally including the 53rd Venice Biennale as part of the United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi Pavilions. Her installations, paintings, works on paper and videos are held in numerous public and private collections.Her video work Autobiography from 2007 was purchased for the Guggenheim Museum collection in Abdu Dhbai. Additionally Abdulaziz was named as one of 100 Powerful Arab Women of 2013. She has been living and working in Washington, D.C. since 2014. In our conversation, Ebtisam explains her art-making as a mix of meditation, play and practicality. We discuss her drawings, her mentor Hassan Sharif, her daily practice, how her practice relates to her audience, how she judges ideas only after they are complete, and so much more. Enjoy the show!About Ebtisam Abdulaziz: Combining the scientific with the arbitrary, Abdulaziz draws from her training in science and mathematics, methodically exploring subconscious states and the expansiveness of daily life. She creates codes, systematic structures, graphic language, and performative gestures to force viewers to question their assumptions about rules in the natural and formulaic world. The intimate juxtapositions of these concepts center awareness on our surrounding environment and the issues that perplex and shape us. In addition to the Venice Biennale, Ebtisam Abdulaziz's work has been exhibited at the 7th and 10th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Dubai Next, Basel; The Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France; The Kunst Museum, Bonn, Germany; The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Benin Biennial 2012, Kora Centre, Benin; FotoFest Biennial, Art in Houston, Texas; Cara Gallery; Smack Mellon gallery in New York; NYUAD Art Gallery; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts; Tampa; American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center. In 2014, her work was part of the touring exhibition of Past Forward: Contemporary Art from the Emirates, which took place across several American cities and is included in international collections. Her installations, paintings, works on paper and videos are held in numerous public and private collections. You can now support this podcast by clicking HERE where you can donate using PATREON or PayPal!If you're enjoying the podcast so far, please rate, review, subscribe and SHARE ON INSTAGRAM! If you have an any questions you want answered, write in to artmatterspodcast@gmail.com host: Isaac Mann www.isaacmann.cominsta: @isaac.mann guest: Ebtisam Abdulaziz www.artistebtisamaziz.com insta: @ebtisamabdulazizThank you as always to ARRN, the Detroit-based artist and instrumentalist, for the music.
On this week's Aftermath Rewind, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert George Burgess, Ichthyologist and curator emeritus of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville about the real life shark attack that inspired the movie, JAWS! What he has to say might change her verdict.Join our Patreon!We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Minute by Minute of Casino Royale continues with Jon Auty from Behind the Stunts. Also for a special feature I interview Matt Sherman of Bond Fan Events about Bond in America. Matt is well known for this tours and events and has curated the Ian Fleming exhibition at the Florida Museum opening Aug 3rd, and Matt is hosting 00 Siete in October which takes you round the Spectre Day of the Dead locations, and some Licence to Kill locations. This show is supported by: My favourite razor brand Wilde & Harte are offering a 20% discount off any RAZOR (including the very popular Royal Armouries collaboration razors) at their online shop. Use discount code Tailor20. We have set up an exclusive discount code Bond25 which gives you a 25% discount and free delivery on their site SAVILE ROW GIN. This will apply to the bottle or the bottle in a gift box. It does make a great martini! If you want to support the show you can also buy me a Mountain Blue Coffee here. Bless your hearts.
We are getting into all the Shark Week fun here on Getting Curious with Dr. Gavin Naylor! Jonathan and Gavin dive deep into all things sharks: Are attacks really becoming more common, or is that just our perception? Why are there only 530 species of sharks, and what makes them so resilient? What does intrauterine cannibalism mean? And Dr. Naylor tells us about how he's able to study the marvels of evolutionary biology through his focus on sharks and what makes them so unique. Dr. Gavin Naylor is the director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He focuses his research on evolution, genetics, biogeography and the natural history of sharks. Dr. Naylor is also interested in the exploration of the biodiversity of sharks and rays, phylogenetic inference, protein folding, molecular evolution and the origin of architectural novelty. You can follow the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History on Instagram and YouTube @FloridaMuseum Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our senior producers are Chris McClure and Julia Melfi. Our editor & engineer is Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex Lundberg said he has been hunting for fossils for 20 years, but nothing prepared him for what he recently pulled out of the water. About 10 minutes into a fossil hunting trip to Venice Beach, Lundberg said he spotted something that looked like a piece of wood stuck in the sand. He told Florida's Fourth Estate hosts Matt Austin and Ginger Gadsden that he dove down about 25 feet and started dusting it off. “I kind of recognize it as it's probably mammoth ivory or mastodon tusk,” he said. After about 20 minutes the marine biologist was able to unearth it and realized it was indeed a 4-foot-long, 70-pound mastodon tusk. The animals, which scientists say date back about 23 million years, went extinct about 10,000 years ago. Lundberg said finding something this old in one piece is unusual. “It was absolutely surreal. I have been fossil hunting for 20 years and I never thought I would find something like this. We find broken pieces of tusk all the time down there, just small pieces, but usually, they don't stay intact like this they fall apart or storms break them up. I mean the fact that this one stayed in one piece is so surreal and so exciting,” he said. After cleaning and drying out his discovery, Lundberg said he has been keeping it at his house. “It's actually sitting in a Christmas ornament box next to my bed,” he said. Lundberg hopes he will get to keep it and pass it down to his grandkids, but first, he has to report his finding to the state. “All vertebrate fossils in Florida found on public land or public water technically belong to the state unless they say otherwise. As amazing as that tusk is, the Florida Museum has way better stuff. They have whole skeletons so hopefully they are not interested in it and I get to keep it, but we will see when it comes time to report it,” he said. You can learn more about Lundberg, his epic find and how he got his start as a fossil hunter on Florida's Fourth Estate. The podcast can be downloaded from wherever you listen to podcasts or watch anytime on News 6+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
(BEGIN EPISODE TRANSCRIPT) skateboarding cats and speeding wheelbarrows. What a weird week! Hi friends, I'm Scott and this is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from this week's news. If you want a transcript or stuff to subscribe to our podcast, all the links that we talk about, you can get everything at shownotes.page. Shownotes.page. This is season five, episode 24, first published Friday, June 14th, 2024. ❿ I'm calling this one Fast Times in Barrowville. When they make the movie. Dylan Phillips, a British mechanic, broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest wheelbarrow. Record speed was over 52 miles per hour. He built the wheelbarrow just for fun at first and then found out there was actually a world record. If he could make his wheelbarrow go really fast, he set the record in Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Apparently, one of the worst forms of transportation is a fast wheelbarrow because according to Dylan, no suspension. It's a rough ride. and also a little bit terrifying. But imagine how fast you could get all your yard work done if your wheelbarrow went 50 miles per hour. So far not available commercially. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9961lg6l1o ❾ elephant names are in the news. Researchers think that elephants in the wild have names and call each other by their names. Not a lot of animals do that. How do they know elephants are actually doing it? Short answer is they're experts. That would be me paraphrasing the short answer on that one. Longer answer is they studied hundreds of sounds made by mom elephants and their elephant children over the decades. And it seems as though mom was using a certain sound to talk to each elephant kid. That's me paraphrasing a scientific article. It also seems like those elephant children recognize their unique sound or name because they could record some of these sounds and the kid would be like, what? Who said my name when they played the sound back? Again, that's me paraphrasing. That wasn't an actual... In case you thought I was playing the actual audio from the field. No, that was it was me saying who's calling my name. It was me portraying the elephant, you guys. All right, we're off to a hot start. https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/06/12/call-me-by-my-name-elephants-low-rumbles-could-be-unique-to-one-another-research-reveals Up next is a dinosaur discovery. A big old hailstone, maybe a record breaking hailstone. It's a biggie. This is What a Weird Week, a show about the weird stuff from the news. ❽ A driver... No, he wasn't driving. He was diving. Sorry. We'll keep that in. Let's just- We're on a deadline here, you guys. A diver discovered a rare mastodon tusk off the coast of Florida. The diver's name is Alex. First, he thought it was wood, just a big old chunk of wood. But upon closer inspection, a much rarer find than a chunk of wood. A mastodon tusk measuring four feet long, 70 pounds. Now Alex is a fossil hunter. He goes diving and looking for fossils. He's found some before, but this is rare and big and becomes now this tusk becomes the property of the state of Florida. I believe we'll go to the Florida Museum of Natural History is where this tusk will end up. Well done, Alex, rare find and so much better than a chunk of wood. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/mastodon-tusk-fossil-hunting-diver-florida-b2561733.html ❼ A giant hailstone is in the news. This is in Texas. A couple of storm chasers, Val and Amy, were chasing a storm and they found a hailstone nearly 18 cm in diameter. That's about 7 inches. That's well, they describe it as the size of a pineapple. Hailstone the size of a pineapple. Imagine if you're caught in a storm and it is hailing pineapples down on you. A couple of things. The article doesn't mention if it tasted like pineapple, which... (CHARACTER LIMIT) for full shownotes to this episode see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/06/what-weird-week-ten-weird-things-that.html or www.shownotes.page --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/weirdweek/message
Andrew Lewinn discusses recent shark bite incidents and the media's portrayal of sharks. He dives into advice from experts and boat captains on shark safety and offers insights on decreasing the risk of shark encounters. Tune in to learn more about shark myths, social media reactions, and ways to protect our oceans. Link to article: https://www.thedestinlog.com/story/news/local/2024/06/11/florida-shark-attacks-experts-weigh-in-with-some-theories/74050278007/ Learn more about Dr. Gavin Naylor: https://www.speakupforblue.com/show/beyond-jaws/7-growing-up-exploring-in-africa-to/ Follow a career in conservation: https://www.conservation-careers.com/online-training/ Use the code SUFB to get 33% off courses and the careers program. Do you want to join my Ocean Community? Sign Up for Updates on the process: www.speakupforblue.com/oceanapp Sign up for our Newsletter: http://www.speakupforblue.com/newsletter Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3NmYvsI Connect with Speak Up For Blue: Website: https://bit.ly/3fOF3Wf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3rIaJSG TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@speakupforblue Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rHZxpc YouTube: www.speakupforblue.com/youtube Shark Attacks: Tragic Events Requiring Sensitivity Shark attacks are undeniably tragic events that can have devastating consequences for the victims and their families. In a recent episode of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast, host Andrew Luan emphasized the importance of not sensationalizing these incidents and instead focusing on the individuals affected by them. The episode highlighted recent shark bite incidents in Destin, Florida, where multiple individuals sustained major injuries. Luan expressed sympathy for the victims and their families, acknowledging the trauma and challenges they must be facing. It is crucial to remember that these individuals are not to blame for the attacks, and their well-being should be the primary concern. While it is natural for news agencies and social media platforms to cover such events, it is essential to approach the coverage with sensitivity and empathy. Luan cautioned against perpetuating myths and misinformation about sharks, as this can lead to unnecessary fear and demonization of these creatures. Dr. Gavin Naylor, an expert in shark research and the director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History, provided valuable insights into the factors that may contribute to shark attacks, such as environmental conditions and shark behavior. He also offered practical tips for beachgoers to reduce the risk of encountering sharks, emphasizing the importance of staying calm and taking precautionary measures. In conclusion, while shark attacks are tragic and alarming, it is crucial to approach the topic with compassion and understanding. By focusing on the victims and their families, we can ensure that the human impact of these incidents is not overshadowed by sensationalized narratives. It is essential to promote awareness and education about shark behavior and conservation efforts to foster a better understanding of these magnificent creatures. Through accurate reporting and education, the public can develop a better appreciation for sharks and their vital role in marine ecosystems.
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Yash recently discovered something astounding. Moths fly with their backs to a light because they think it's the sky and they try to orient themselves to it. And then there's all kinds of disorientation and trouble for them. Yash touches on the best light for moths in terms of nanometers and placement. You may think they're just moths but they pollinate an enormous amount of our food. It's time for the lighting industry to step up and tackle this problem. Yash Sondhi is a postdoctoral researcher working in the Kawahara Lab in the Florida Museum of Natural history. He obtained his PhD at Florida International University in Miami with Dr. Jamie Theobald, studying how moths and butterflies see the world, and specifically how moth eyes and brains adapted to function so well under dim light. He uses multiple techniques (genetics, animal behavior, neuroscience) to examine how different day and night flying insects' senses (sight, hearing, smell) have evolved. As human civilization develops, artificial light is slowly eroding dark skies with disastrous consequences for animals, plants, and humans. As awareness increases that light pollution is harmful, understanding how different mitigation strategies work is crucial to implement change. Yash is thus studying how light can disorient and alter the circadian activity of insects, and testing strategies to mitigate light pollution. He also contributes to community science and insect biodiversity monitoring in India and Central America.
We're in Gainesville, Florida, with Paulette Perhach of WelcomeToTheWritersLife.com. We talk about visiting the Butterfly Rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History, hiking through a sinkhole forest at Devil's Millhopper, and canoeing the crystal-clear water at Ichetucknee Springs State Park. Show notes & our 1-page guide are at https://WeTravelThere.com/gainesville Miles & points make travel affordable but tracking them is difficult. That's why I use AwardWallet to monitor rewards, reservations & free night certificates. Sign up for free at WeTravelThere.com/awardwallet
In this hour, we started off with Bob Bryant, Co-Founder of Mission K9 Rescue on how to adopt Retired Military Dogs.Then, Globe Reporter Emily Sweeney on Mass. RMV rejecting a host of vanity plates each year, but the reasons why aren't always clear.WBZ Newsradio's Nichole Davis joined Dan on this anniversary of the Blizzard of '78.And finally, Dr. Gavin Naylor - Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History's shark research program on deadly shark attacks and why they're on the rise.
To hear a related interview on The World with Sam Fabian, zoologist and author of study, click the audio player above.It's an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor for dangerous but irresistible attractions. And watching their frenetic movements really gives the sense that something is wrong — that instead of finding food and evading predators, these nocturnal pilots are trapped by a light.Sadly, centuries of witnessing what happens have produced little certainty about why it happens. How does a simple light change fast, precise navigators into helpless, flittering captives? We are researchers examining flight, vision and evolution, and we have used high-speed tracking techniques in newly published research to provide an answer.Moths to a flame?Many old explanations for this hypnotic behavior have not fully panned out. An early notion was that the insects might be attracted to the heat of a flame. This was interesting, as some insects really are pyrophilic: They are attracted to fire and have evolved to take advantage of conditions in recently burned areas. But most insects around a light are not in this category, and cool lights attract them quite well.Another thought was that insects were just directly attracted to light, a response called phototaxis. Many insects move toward light, perhaps as a way to escape dark or entrapping surroundings. But if this were the explanation for the clusters around a light, you might expect them to bump straight into the source. This theory does little to explain the wild circling behavior.Still another idea was that insects might mistake a nearby light for the moon, as they attempted to use celestial navigation. Many insects reference the moon to keep their course at night.This strategy relies on how objects at great distance seem to hover in place as you move along a straight path. A steady moon indicates that you have not made any unintentional turns, as you might if you were buffeted by a gust of wind. Nearer objects, however, don't appear to follow you in the sky but drift behind as you move past.The celestial navigation theory held that insects worked to keep this light source steady, turning sharply in a failed attempt to fly straight. An elegant idea, but this model predicts that many flights will spiral inward to a collision, which doesn't usually match the orbits we see. So what's really going on? Scientists used high-speed stereo motion capture to document how the presence of artificial light at night affects insects' flight behavior. Credit: Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND Turning their backs to the lightTo examine this question in detail, we and our colleagues captured high-speed videos of insects around different light sources to precisely determine flight paths and body postures, both in the lab at Imperial College London and at two field sites in Costa Rica, CIEE and the Estación Biológica. We found that their flight patterns weren't a close match for any existing model.Rather, a broad swath of insects consistently pointed their backs toward the lights. This is a known behavior called the dorsal light response. In nature, assuming that more light comes down from the sky than up from the ground, this response helps keep insects in the proper orientation to fly.Artificial light at night interrupts the normal flight patterns of insects. This compilation video shows an orbiting behavioral motif in which insects circle the light.But pointing their backs toward nearby artificial lights alters their flight paths. Just as airplanes bank to turn, sometimes rolling until the ground seems nearly straight out your window, banking insects turn as well. When their backs orient to a nearby light, the resulting bank loops them around the light, circling but rarely colliding.These orbiting paths were only one of the behaviors we observed. When insects flew directly under a light, they often arched upward as it passed behind them, keeping their backs to the bulb until, eventually flying straight up, they stalled and fell out of the air. And even more compelling, when flying directly over a light, insects tended to flip upside down, again turning their backs to the light but then abruptly crashing. Three different observed turning behaviors in which flying insects turn their backs to artificial light. Credit: Jamie Theobald, CC BY-ND Why have a dorsal light response?Although light at night can harm other animals — for example, by diverting migrating birds into urban areas — larger animals don't seem to lose their vertical orientation. So why do insects, the oldest and most species-rich group of flyers, rely on a response that leaves them so vulnerable?It may have to do with their small size. Larger animals can sense gravity directly with sensory organs pulled by its acceleration, or any acceleration. Humans, for example, use the vestibular system of our inner ear, which regulates our sense of balance and usually gives us a good sense of which way is down.But insects have only small sensory structures. And especially as they perform rapid flight maneuvers, acceleration offers only a poor indication of which way is down. Instead, they seem to bet on the brightness of the sky.Before modern lighting, the sky was usually brighter than the ground, day or night, so it provided a fairly reliable cue for a small active flyer hoping to keep a steady orientation. The artificial lights that sabotage this ability, by cueing insects to fly in circles, are relatively recent.The growing problem of nighttime lightingAs new technology spreads, lights that pervade the night are proliferating faster then ever. With the introduction of cheap, bright, broad-spectrum LEDs, many areas, such as large cities, never see a dark night. This upward view at the authors' field research site in Monteverde, Costa Rica, shows how artificial light competes with the night sky. Credit: Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND Insects aren't the only creatures affected. Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and physiological processes in other animals, plants and humans, often with serious health consequences.But insects trapped around a light seem to get the worst of it. Unable to secure food, easily spotted by predators and prone to exhaustion, many die before the morning comes.In principle, light pollution is one of the easiest things to fix, often by just flipping a switch. Restricting outdoor lighting to useful, targeted warm light, no brighter than necessary, and for no longer than necessary, can greatly improve the health of nocturnal ecosystems. And the same practices that are good for insects help restore views of the night sky: Over one-third of the world population lives in areas where the Milky Way is never visible.Although insects circling around a light are a fascinating spectacle, it is certainly better for the insects and the benefits they provide to humans when we leave the night unlit and let them go about the activities they so masterfully perform under the night sky.Samuel Fabian is a postdoctoral research associate in bioengineering at Imperial College London; Jamie Theobald is an associate professor of biological sciences at Florida International University, and Yash Sondhi is a postdoctoral research associate in entomology at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida.This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
To hear a related interview on The World with Sam Fabian, zoologist and author of study, click the audio player above.It's an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor for dangerous but irresistible attractions. And watching their frenetic movements really gives the sense that something is wrong — that instead of finding food and evading predators, these nocturnal pilots are trapped by a light.Sadly, centuries of witnessing what happens have produced little certainty about why it happens. How does a simple light change fast, precise navigators into helpless, flittering captives? We are researchers examining flight, vision and evolution, and we have used high-speed tracking techniques in newly published research to provide an answer.Moths to a flame?Many old explanations for this hypnotic behavior have not fully panned out. An early notion was that the insects might be attracted to the heat of a flame. This was interesting, as some insects really are pyrophilic: They are attracted to fire and have evolved to take advantage of conditions in recently burned areas. But most insects around a light are not in this category, and cool lights attract them quite well.Another thought was that insects were just directly attracted to light, a response called phototaxis. Many insects move toward light, perhaps as a way to escape dark or entrapping surroundings. But if this were the explanation for the clusters around a light, you might expect them to bump straight into the source. This theory does little to explain the wild circling behavior.Still another idea was that insects might mistake a nearby light for the moon, as they attempted to use celestial navigation. Many insects reference the moon to keep their course at night.This strategy relies on how objects at great distance seem to hover in place as you move along a straight path. A steady moon indicates that you have not made any unintentional turns, as you might if you were buffeted by a gust of wind. Nearer objects, however, don't appear to follow you in the sky but drift behind as you move past.The celestial navigation theory held that insects worked to keep this light source steady, turning sharply in a failed attempt to fly straight. An elegant idea, but this model predicts that many flights will spiral inward to a collision, which doesn't usually match the orbits we see. So what's really going on? Scientists used high-speed stereo motion capture to document how the presence of artificial light at night affects insects' flight behavior. Credit: Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND Turning their backs to the lightTo examine this question in detail, we and our colleagues captured high-speed videos of insects around different light sources to precisely determine flight paths and body postures, both in the lab at Imperial College London and at two field sites in Costa Rica, CIEE and the Estación Biológica. We found that their flight patterns weren't a close match for any existing model.Rather, a broad swath of insects consistently pointed their backs toward the lights. This is a known behavior called the dorsal light response. In nature, assuming that more light comes down from the sky than up from the ground, this response helps keep insects in the proper orientation to fly.Artificial light at night interrupts the normal flight patterns of insects. This compilation video shows an orbiting behavioral motif in which insects circle the light.But pointing their backs toward nearby artificial lights alters their flight paths. Just as airplanes bank to turn, sometimes rolling until the ground seems nearly straight out your window, banking insects turn as well. When their backs orient to a nearby light, the resulting bank loops them around the light, circling but rarely colliding.These orbiting paths were only one of the behaviors we observed. When insects flew directly under a light, they often arched upward as it passed behind them, keeping their backs to the bulb until, eventually flying straight up, they stalled and fell out of the air. And even more compelling, when flying directly over a light, insects tended to flip upside down, again turning their backs to the light but then abruptly crashing. Three different observed turning behaviors in which flying insects turn their backs to artificial light. Credit: Jamie Theobald, CC BY-ND Why have a dorsal light response?Although light at night can harm other animals — for example, by diverting migrating birds into urban areas — larger animals don't seem to lose their vertical orientation. So why do insects, the oldest and most species-rich group of flyers, rely on a response that leaves them so vulnerable?It may have to do with their small size. Larger animals can sense gravity directly with sensory organs pulled by its acceleration, or any acceleration. Humans, for example, use the vestibular system of our inner ear, which regulates our sense of balance and usually gives us a good sense of which way is down.But insects have only small sensory structures. And especially as they perform rapid flight maneuvers, acceleration offers only a poor indication of which way is down. Instead, they seem to bet on the brightness of the sky.Before modern lighting, the sky was usually brighter than the ground, day or night, so it provided a fairly reliable cue for a small active flyer hoping to keep a steady orientation. The artificial lights that sabotage this ability, by cueing insects to fly in circles, are relatively recent.The growing problem of nighttime lightingAs new technology spreads, lights that pervade the night are proliferating faster then ever. With the introduction of cheap, bright, broad-spectrum LEDs, many areas, such as large cities, never see a dark night. This upward view at the authors' field research site in Monteverde, Costa Rica, shows how artificial light competes with the night sky. Credit: Samuel Fabian, CC BY-ND Insects aren't the only creatures affected. Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and physiological processes in other animals, plants and humans, often with serious health consequences.But insects trapped around a light seem to get the worst of it. Unable to secure food, easily spotted by predators and prone to exhaustion, many die before the morning comes.In principle, light pollution is one of the easiest things to fix, often by just flipping a switch. Restricting outdoor lighting to useful, targeted warm light, no brighter than necessary, and for no longer than necessary, can greatly improve the health of nocturnal ecosystems. And the same practices that are good for insects help restore views of the night sky: Over one-third of the world population lives in areas where the Milky Way is never visible.Although insects circling around a light are a fascinating spectacle, it is certainly better for the insects and the benefits they provide to humans when we leave the night unlit and let them go about the activities they so masterfully perform under the night sky.Samuel Fabian is a postdoctoral research associate in bioengineering at Imperial College London; Jamie Theobald is an associate professor of biological sciences at Florida International University, and Yash Sondhi is a postdoctoral research associate in entomology at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida.This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Ron DeSantis wants MORE fossil fuels and fewer regulations on fossil fuel companies.The Florida Museum of Natural History on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville possesses one of the largest, most comprehensive and finest collections natural history in the world. Heather Dewar's gorgeous coffee table book, "All Things Beautiful: Wonders from the Collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History" celebrates the collections and shares the museum's history. She joins us to discuss both."Welcome to Florida" is presented by Windstorm Products. Visit windstormproducts.com to learn how to better protect your home from the effects of hurricane wind damage.
Deb Rogers' novel Florida Woman was published in July 2022 by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins. Called "a bewitching debut" by Publisher's Weekly, Florida Woman was featured as an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association. Deb has lived and traveled throughout Florida working as an educator, policymaker and victim advocate, and she now lives on the Atlantic side of the state in the very haunted and very beautiful town of St. Augustine. While she'd love to stumble upon hidden pirate treasure along the coast someday, her daily obsessions tend to be thriller and heist movies, word puzzles, licorice, Florida manatees, and, of course, monkeys. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @debontherocks, or learn more on her website debrogersauthor.com. Interviewer Kay Huggins is a creative, the owner of Aphelion Editing and Consulting, and the host of the Raindrop Corner Podcast. As a longtime resident of Jacksonville, Florida, they have sought to support local artistry, foster thought-provoking content, and aid in human rights advocacy. Kay is an English major with a concentration in psychology. For over a decade, their life has been dazzled with project management, technology industries, logistics, editing, writing, and production. Through the intersectionality of Kay's craft, they aim to champion the community by providing a platform to marginalized groups. Currently, Kay is writing their debut novel and enjoying leisure moments with their fur babies. READ Jamie is a Florida Woman. She grew up on the beach, thrives in humidity, has weathered more hurricanes than she can count, and now, after going viral for an outrageous crime she never meant to commit in the first place, she has the requisite headline to her name. But when the chance comes for her to escape viral infamy and imminent jail time by taking a community service placement at Atlas, a shelter for rescued monkeys, it seems like just the fresh start Jamie needs to finally get her life back on track — until it's not. Something sinister stirs in the palmetto woods surrounding her cabin, and secrets lurk among the three beguiling women who run the shelter and affectionately take Jamie under their wing for the summer. Check out Deb's work from the library! -- https://jkpl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=deb+rogers&te= "Florida Woman ushers in a new talent who knows the quirkiness of the Sunshine State." – Sun Sentinel DEB RECOMMENDS Learn about the origins of Central Florida's monkey problem by reading The Bitter Southerner's well-researched article: “Who Knew Monkeys Could Swim” by Jordan Blumetti. Visit the Florida Museum of Natural History and take a walk through our state's past, beginning in the Eocene epoch (when Florida was underwater). Read some of Deb's favorite books that are set in Florida including The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean, Lightwood by Steph Post and Swamplandia!( by Karen Russell. --- Never miss an event! Sign up for email newsletters at https://bit.ly/JaxLibraryUpdates Jacksonville Public LibraryWebsite: https://jaxpubliclibrary.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaxlibrary Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaxLibrary/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaxlibrary/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jaxpubliclibraryfl Contact Us: jplpromotions@coj.net
Have you ever been up close and personal with an endangered freshwater mussel? Matthew Patterson, Fish and Wildlife Biologist and NCTC Course Leader, gives Mike McAllister the inside scoop on endangered freshwater mussels. Listen to where mussels live, why they're important, what their role is in the ecosystem, and why they are declining. You also will hear all about the brand new and incredible 3D mussel shell project. Matthew has partnered with the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to create 3D scans of all 300 species of freshwater mussel in the U.S. in an effort to help folks identify different species. You are sure to learn many fascinating things about the very unique and very cool freshwater mussels that live in the waters of the U.S. as well as why you should bring along a mask and snorkel the next time you head down to the river!
Today, you'll learn about the good, the bad, and the ugly of shark repellents, how human's thirst for groundwater is literally changing the tilt of the Earth, and how hairy moles might offer a clue to fighting hair loss. Shark Week continues all week long on Discovery. For the latest, head to SharkWeek.com.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/shark-deterrents-earth-axis-tilt-hair-loss-reversalShark Deterrents “Shark Deterrents are Flooding the Market.” by Nick Kilvert. 2023.https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-06-24/when-it-comes-to-shark-deterrents-here-s-what-the-science-says/102399294“Yearly Worldwide Shark Attack Summary.” Florida Museum. 2023.https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/Earth Axis Tilt “Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth's Axis.” by Davide Castalecchi. 2023.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01993-z#Echobox=1687171115“Humans Have Used Enough Groundwater to Shift Earth's Tilt.” by Aara'L Yarber. 2023.https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/06/27/groundwater-use-planet-earth-tilt/Hair Loss Reversal “Common Form of Hair Loss Could Be Reversed by Targeting Aged Skin Pigment Cells.” by Ruairi J. Mackenzie. 2023.https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/common-form-of-hair-loss-could-be-reversed-by-targeting-aged-skin-pigment-cells-375161Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.
The Smart 7 Ireland Edition is the daily news podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… Consistently appearing in Ireland's Daily News charts, we're a trusted source for people every day. If you're enjoying it, please follow, share or even post a review, it all helps… Today's episode includes references to the following guests:Will Guyatt - The Smart 7's Tech Correspondent James Whatley - Chief Strategy Officer from Diva Agency Ed Stanley, Biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History Ashley Thompson, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth Joff Oddie, Guitarist, Wolf Alice Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City Dave Clark, London Zoo Spider KeeperContact us over at Twitter or visit www.thesmart7.comPresented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Smart 7 is a daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7 am, 7 days a week... With over 12 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day. If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...Today's episode includes the following guests:Will Guyatt - The Smart 7's Tech Correspondent James Whatley - Chief Strategy Officer from Diva Agency Ed Stanley, Biologist at the Florida Museum of Natural History Ashley Thompson, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota at Duluth Joff Oddie, Guitarist, Wolf Alice Eric Adams, Mayor of New York City Dave Clark, London Zoo Spider KeeperIn Ireland? Why not try our Ireland Edition?Contact us over at Twitter or visit www.thesmart7.comPresented by Jamie East, written by Liam Thompson and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A walk with family turns into an epic discovery. Paleontologist Jonathan Bloch with the Florida Museum of Natural History said his team would have never uncovered a prehistoric site filled with fossils if it weren't for a 5-year-old little girl. “She was walking on this property up around Williston and she was there with her family, and they were looking for arrowheads, taking a walk,” he said. “And this 5-year-old found a handful of bones in the site. And that's how it was discovered. And that's when they contacted us about seven years ago. And we very quickly, once we went out there and started digging, we started finding fossils.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Als je erover nadenkt zijn zoogdieren best een beetje vreemd. Lang geleden ruilden we beschermende platen en schubben in voor een pluizig laagje haar. Of in ons geval: hier en daar een plukje. De enige uitzondering: het gordeldier. Tenminste, dat dachten we. Uit een nieuw onderzoek blijkt dat er nog een zoogdier bestaat dat nog steeds gebruikmaakt van platen: de Afrikaanse stekelmuis. De ontdekking werd gedaan toen in het Florida Museum of Natural History een CT-scan van één van deze muizen werd gemaakt. De staart zag er uitzonderlijk donker uit het beeld. Dat bleek geen conserveringsprobleem of een foutje te zijn, maar bewijs voor osteo-dermen in de staart: botplaatjes. Eén keer eerder werden ze bij deze muis gezien. In 1975, door de Duitse bioloog Jochen Niethammer. Maar met die ontdekking gebeurde weinig. In 2012 zagen andere onderzoekers hoe dit diertje beschadigd weefsel volledig kan laten herstellen, zonder littekens. Iets wat niet ongewoon is onder reptielen, maar wel onder zoogdieren. Om die reden wordt er nu veel onderzoek gedaan naar de genetische achtergrond van dit regeneratieve trucje. En één van de wetenschappers die hiernaar kijkt, zat toevallig aan de overkant van de gang, toen de CT-scan werd gemaakt. Hij bevestigde dat de op de scan gevonden plaatjes lijken op die van gordeldieren, maar waarschijnlijk onafhankelijk zijn geëvolueerd. Maar waarom heeft deze muis dit? Het was al bekend dat stekelmuizen heel snel hun staart verliezen. Waarom dan zoveel moeite doen om een beschermende laag te maken? Anders dan sommige hagedissen groeit het grootste gedeelte van de staart bij stekelmuizen niet terug. Wat ze denken is dat dit laagje ervoor zorgt dat - wanneer de muis bij de staart gegrepen wordt - de tanden van de aanvaller alleen de buitenste laag van de staart te pakken kunnen krijgen en de muis zich - met restje staart en al - sneller uit de voeten kan maken. Lees hier meer over het onderzoek: Move over, armadillos. There's a new bone-plated mammal in town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Science Says Eat More Beans Beans are delicious, high in protein, inexpensive, efficient to grow, and an absolute staple in so many cuisines. So why don't Americans eat more of them? The average American eats 7.5 pounds of beans annually, which is only a few cans of beans every year. The answer is complicated, but one thing is sure: Beans have a PR problem. Ira talks with Julieta Cardenas, a Future Perfect Fellow at Vox, who reported this story. If you're looking to chef it up, read some of the SciFri staff's favorite bean recipes. The World According To Sound: Feeding Time In this story from our friends at The World According to Sound, we'll take a sonic trip to Yellowstone National Park. You'll hear the sounds of two grizzlies feasting on a bison. It's very rare that a bear can take down an adult bison, but they will chow down on animals that are already dead, like if they were killed by wolves or a car. The World According to Sound is a live audio show, online listening series, and miniature podcast, created by Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett. Bees Have Feelings, Too Few pollinators have the charisma of bees, so much so that the phrase “save the bees” has become a calling card for those who consider themselves ecologically-conscious. There are more than 21,000 species of bees, ranging from the very recognizable bumblebees to the vibrant blue and green Augochloropsis metallica. Pollination ecologist Stephen Buchmann has studied bees for nearly fifty years, learning about everything from their natural behaviors to how they respond to puzzles. All of this has led him to a fascinating conclusion: bees are sentient, and they have feelings. Stephen joins Ira from Tucson, Arizona to talk about his new book, What a Bee Knows. Read an excerpt from the book here. Pinning Down The Origin Of Butterflies One of the highlights of being outdoors in warmer weather is spotting a delicate, colorful butterfly exploring the landscape. There are over 19,000 different species of butterflies around the world—and all of them evolved from some enterprising moth that decided to venture out in the daytime, around 100 million years ago. But just where that evolutionary fork in the road occurred has been a matter of scientific debate, with many researchers positing a butterfly origin in Australia or Asia. Writing this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers report on a new phylogenetic map of butterfly evolution, a lepidopteran family tree, combining genetic data with information from fossils, plants, and geography to trace back the origin and spread of butterflies. They find that butterflies likely split from moths in what is now Central or North America, before spreading to South America, crossing oceans to Australia and Asia, and eventually spreading to Europe and Africa. Dr. Akito Kawahara, professor, curator, and director of the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the report, joins Ira to talk about the findings and share some other surprising facts about butterflies. To stay updated on all-things-science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.
What was it about Key West that inspired one of the world's greatest playwrights to call this place home from the early 1940s for more than 35 years? Find out when host Elizabeth Harryman Lasley and producer Jason Paton take you to the Tennessee Williams Museum. Founder Dennis Beaver reveals details about some of the playwright's famous works including “The Rose Tattoo” and its film version shot in Key West. Learn about Tennessee Williams the painter, his quirks, his 'Madhouse' writing studio and his annual birthday celebration in the southernmost island city. For more information on Tennessee Williams' life in Key West, go to kwahs.org. For more details and travel inspiration, visit Fla-Keys.com. To call from the United States or Canada, dial 1 (800) FLA-KEYS or contact your travel advisor. Produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry.
This week Cathy and Rick take a virtual road trip to Gainesville, talking about their favorite things to do, eat, and see when they're in town. They also delve into the history of Waldo/Archer Road (SR 24) that runs from Yulee to Cedar Key, how to stay in an on-campus hotel at UF, and where you can find an elevator with an honest-to-god elevator operator.Links we mentionedSee & Do: History & NatureHaile Homestead Homes (and its talking walls)Florida Museum and the Butterfly RainforestDevil's Millhopper Geological State ParkMatheson MuseumBat HousesRum 138 KayakingGargoyles on UF CampusSee & Do: Music & CultureThe Hippodrome TheaterLightning SalvageHarn Museum of Art (check out the Vickers Collection)4th Avenue Food Park (check for live music schedules)See & Do: FestsThe Fest The BashEat & DrinkLeonardo's PizzaSatchel's Pizza and Satch SquaredDragonfly (Sushi/Asian)Lillian's Music Store4th Avenue Food ParkSleepReitz-Union hotel on campus at UFSweetwater InnFind Rick on Twitter @OldFLA and online at RickKilby.com.Support the showWant more Florida? Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com. Find her on social media: Facebook.com/SalustriCathyTwitter and Instagram: @CathySalustri Have a Florida question or comment? Love the show? Hate it? Let us know – email us at cathy@floridaspectacular.com. Get Rick's books at rickkilby.com/, and make sure to bookmark Old Florida with Rick Kilby (http://studiohourglass.blogspot.com/) and read through the archives. Connect with Rick on social media: Facebook.com/floridasfountainofyouth, Twitter (@oldfla), and Instagram (@ricklebee).
What is the river creature with the snout of an alligator, body of a fish and extremely sharp teeth? It's an alligator gar (atractosteus spatula)! Alligator gar ancestors have been found fossilized in deposits over 100 million years old, making them not only one of the most ancient fishes, but also truly native Texans. Learn alongside hosts Abbey and Daemon why these fish have been feared for centuries, how they have been helpful to ancient communities and why they should be respected. To learn more information about the sources and references for today's episode, visit: Acta Biomaterialia, Alligator Gar Armored Fish Scales: https://www2.lbl.gov/ritchie/Library/PDF/2013_Yang_ActaBio_StructureAndFracture.pdf Environmental Monitor, Gar-Bage Fish No More: https://www.fondriest.com/news/gar-bage-fish-no-more-its-time-to-respect-gar.htm Florida Museum, Mummified Alligator Gar: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/mummified-alligator-gar/ Missouri Department of Conservation, Alligator Gar: https://education.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/alligator-gar National Geographic, Alligator Gar: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/alligator-gar Texas Parks & Wildlife, Alligator Gar: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/alligator-gar U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, All About Alligator Gar: https://www.fws.gov/story/all-about-alligator-gar Hosted by the Witte Museum's Abigail Jacks, Environmental Science Education Manager, and Daemon Piña, Health and Wellness Education Manager. A companion to National Geographic's Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants exhibition, at the Witte for a limited time. This exhibition is developed and traveled by the National Geographic Society. Monster Fish: In Search of the Last River Giants is generously supported by the Will Smith Foundation, Mary Pat and Mike Bolner and the San Antonio River Authority. For more information and to experience Monster Fish at the Witte, visit https://bit.ly/3PHcGu4.
I've spent years trying to prove Columbus wrong when he was right”, said co-author Dr. William Keegan, curator of Caribbean archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, and he said one of the more surprising finds was that the Caribs, ‘fierce' seaborne marauders from South America and rumored cannibals, invaded Jamaica, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas. And this, according to the scientist, challenges over half a century of assumptions that they never made it farther north than Guadeloupe. Really Stunning Results --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
I've spent years trying to prove Columbus wrong when he was right”, said co-author Dr. William Keegan, curator of Caribbean archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, and he said one of the more surprising finds was that the Caribs, ‘fierce' seaborne marauders from South America and rumored cannibals, invaded Jamaica, Hispaniola, and the Bahamas. And this, according to the scientist, challenges over half a century of assumptions that they never made it farther north than Guadeloupe. Really Stunning Results --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/you-betterknow4/message
The editors of Vermont Almanac discuss their work. A recording of a Green Mountain Book Festival panel discussion featuring Virginia Barlow, Dave Mance III, and Patrick White. This week's Write the Book Prompt is to write about an insect or arachnid. We aren't all as focused on insects as Virginia Barlow, but they are vital. This is a quote from the Florida Museum at the University of Florida: a diverse range of insect species is critical to the survival of most life on Earth, including bats, birds, freshwater fishes and even humans! Along with plants, insects are at the foundation of the food web, and most of the plants and animals we eat rely on insects for pollination or food. A couple of weeks ago I saw a praying mantis outside my front door. Last week, I photographed an amazing, scary-looking spider on my front walk. It turned out to be a shamrock spider. So, consider your favorite arthropod, and write about it. Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion. Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro 749
The migratory Monarch butterfly is under threat. It's been placed on the endangered species list by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which is the world's leading authority on the status of biological diversity. In this episode, Jaret Daniels, curator at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses UF's focus on butterfly conservation and research. Produced by Nicci Brown, Brooke Adams, Emma Richards and James L. Sullivan. Original music by Daniel Townsend, a doctoral candidate in music composition in the College of the Arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Volunteers around the world are taking part in a citizen science research project into bee biodiversity and decline. The researchers involved in the Zooniverse Big-Bee Bonanza project are checking specimen labels for information on measurements and bees' locations to figure out how bees are responding to human impacts on climate, flora and other aspects of their lives. On the research team is Rob Guralnick who's the Curator of Biodiversity Informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. He tells Susie about the honey bee population in America, which is rapidly declining, reflected in declining crop yields for produce including apples, cherries and blueberries.
Why a new discovery about plesiosaurs has gotten everyone talking about the Loch Ness Monster. Plus, the oldest DNA from a horse domesticated in America might have solved a centuries-old mystery. And the scoop on that thirteen-eyed anthropomorphic oyster mascot from Halifax.Sponsors:Indeed, Get a free $75 credit PLUS earn up to $500 extra in sponsored job credits with Indeed's Virtual Interviews at Indeed.com/goodnewsKolide, Got Slack? Got Macs? Get Kolide: Device security that fixes challenging problems by messaging your users on Slack. Try Kolide Today! https://l.kolide.co/3aVdR90 Links:Freshwater Plesiosaur Discovery Is Amazing But Does Not Make Nessie “Plausible” (IFL Science)Existence of Loch Ness Monster 'plausible' after discovery of fossils in North Africa (The Scotsman)African fossils show 'monster' could have lived in Loch Ness (BBC)Plesiosaur fossils found in the Sahara suggest they weren't just marine animals (University of Bath)What were marine reptiles doing in a 100 million year old river? (Nick Longrich)Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore (ScienceDaily)Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore (Florida Museum of Natural History)Beloved Chincoteague ponies' mythical origins may be real (National Geographic)An Exclusive Interview With The Nightmare Oyster Mascot That Went Viral (BuzzFeed News)Jackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Episode host Caroline Nickerson, a PhD student in the University of Florida's Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, kicks off the Streaming Science “AI in Action” series with three experts who provide an introduction to AI an exciting aspects of the field. Dive into what makes AI at UF unique, explore the partnership that UF has with NVIDIA (one of the world's leading technology companies), and contemplate why AI should matter to you – the listener.This episode topics include: AI at UF, the role of AI in research and industry, and how scientists are moving forward to create new and unique solutions to address current global issues.The featured guests include: Dr. David Reed, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives at UF and the Associate Director for Research and Collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History Dr. Jonathan Bentz, Senior Manager, Solutions Architect -- Higher Education/Research, High Performance Computing (HPC) and Deep Learning at NVIDIA and NVIDIA AI Technology Center (NVAITC) lead for US/Canada Dr. Damon Woodard, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Florida Institute for National Security; and Director, Applied Artificial Intelligence Group
Sharks biting people Long Island #Sharkattacks #LongIsland #Sharks # DronePatrols #SharkWeekFive shark attacks have been reported in the past two weeks off Long Island, N.Y., including two within hours Wednesday, a dramatic increase in shark encounters that officials there said may represent a “new normal.” Four of the reported attacks took place on Fire Island in Suffolk County, including two at the popular Smith Point Beach and two near the village of Ocean Beach. The fifth was reported on Jones Beach Island in neighboring Nassau County. None of the victims were seriously injured, and the sharks sighted were estimated to be four to five feet in length, officials said. Shark sightings have been increasing off U.S. coasts, which scientists attribute to successful conservation efforts that have restored populations closer to historical levels. Still, the recent spate of attacks was highly unusual — there were only 47 confirmed unprovoked attacks nationwide in 2021, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File. “This is not something that is precedented in any way in our history here in Suffolk County,” Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone said at a news conference Thursday. “Prior to July 3, we had not had a recorded shark bite at [Smith Point Beach] since it had opened, during beach hours, back in 1959.” Bellone said the county is deploying drones and increased lifeguard patrols to monitor the waters, acknowledging that the uptick may represent the “new normal.” “The idea of more frequent contact with these kind of sharks may be what we will be coming to expect,” Bellone said at a separate news conference Wednesday, ahead of the fifth attack. The first of the recent attacks took place June 30, when a 57-year-old man swimming at Jones Beach suffered a laceration on his right foot that paramedics identified as a “possible shark bite,” according to the Nassau County Police Department. Three days later, Zach Gallo, 33, a lifeguard at Smith Point Beach, was playing the role of a victim in a rescue training exercise when he became one himself, WABC reported. He felt a roughly four-foot shark whip him with its tail and then bite his hand, according to the station. “I felt pressure in my hand, pulled it back and I just started hammering, punching and I connected with the shark three times, and then on the third time it spun away,” Gallo told WABC. “I guess my adrenaline, survival instincts kicked in.” Gallo returned to work Thursday, saying at the news conference with Bellone that he was grateful his injuries were minor and that his fellow lifeguards came to his aid. “If you do go in the ocean, make sure you are going into an area that's protected by lifeguards,” Gallo said. On July 7, first-year lifeguard John Mullins, 17, was bitten on his foot while also playing the role of a victim during a training exercise near Ocean Beach, according to CBS New York. “The teeth were inside my skin and when I pulled my foot out, it kind of just felt like a scrape, like a rake going up my foot,” Mullins told the station. “We never expect to be attacked while we're training, but they handled it well.” Mullins received five stitches and was out of work while his foot healed, CBS New York reported. On Wednesday morning, a surfer was bitten by a roughly four-foot tiger shark, leaving a four-inch gash, according to Bellone. The man was knocked off his board and saw the shark circling back toward him, but a wave carried him into shore, Bellone said. Roughly 11 hours later, police were called to Seaview Beach after a 49-year-old Arizona man standing in “waist deep water” was bitten from behind on his left wrist and buttocks, according to Suffolk County police. He walked out of the water and was taken by helicopter to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
Being small has its advantages ... and some limitations. One organism that intimately knows the pros and cons of being mini is the pumpkin toadlet. As an adult, the animal reaches merely the size of the skittle. At that scale, the frog's inner ear is so small, it's not fully functional. That means when the frog moves, it's haphazard and seems kind of drunk. And so today, with the help of Atlantic science writer Katie Wu, we investigate: If a frog can't jump well, is it still a frog?Read Katie's piece in The Atlantic, A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog: https://bit.ly/3bydh1gWatch pumpkin toadlets poorly fling themselves around in this video from the Florida Museum: https://bit.ly/3bFAXRv
Meet Dr. Jaret Daniels, the curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity and Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida. That's right, a butterfly expert. He talks to Cathy and Jon about how why some milkweed makes monarchs want to have sex – and whether or not that's a bad thing, where to see the best butterflies in the Florida Keys, and whether or not Florida has invasive butterflies. Find his books on Amazon or at an indie bookseller, and if you have a chance, visit his open lab at UF where he works with conservation and rare species. Want more Florida? Subscribe to The Florida Spectacular newsletter, and keep up with Cathy's travels at greatfloridaroadtrip.com.Follow Jon's road trip adventures at Don't Make Me Turn This Van Around.Support the show
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Today on Meldon Law & Friends, we are joined first by Andrea Benitez from TWO MEN AND A TRUCK Second, we will be joined by Darcie MacMahon from Florida Museum of Natural History
Courtesy photos Pioneer Florida Museum The Pioneer Florida Museum of Dade City is holding a Seminole Wars weekend Dec. 18 and 19. Following its success last year with a living history interpretation of the Treaty of Fort Dade, this year's event recalls the Battle of Black Point. This was a Seminole attack on a wagon supply train. It is significant because it happened before the Dade Battle in present-day Bushnell, by about 10 days. It demonstrated that safe travel was precarious in December 1835 on the treaty-provided Fort King Road through the Seminole Reservation. Joining us to describe the battle and the overall Seminole Wars programming is Andy Warrener. Andy is a historical research specialist who has curated the Museum's library and exhibits and coordinated its events since his arrival two years ago. He is also an accomplished living history interpreter himself, portraying figures from various Florida historical periods at events throughout the state. (Above) Andy Warrener, historical research specialist at Pioneer Florida Museum, is a living history interpreter at such events as well. (Below) The Fort Dade Treaty (or Capitulation) was portrayed last year at the museum. Seminole Daniel Tommie demonstrates canoe carving techniques. (Above) (Below) Rachael Conrad portrays Creek "Princess" Milly Francis, who spoke up to save a captured soldier from execution during the1st Seminole War. This weekend, the museum unveils the VanBlarcom-Keller collection of Seminole War artifacts, many one of a kind. Ralph Van Blarcom's book Florida Native American Artifacts of the Seminole Wars and Antiquity about the collection, is in the gift shop along with Seminole Wars Foundation books. Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida. Subscribe automatically to the Seminole Wars through your favorite podcast provider, such as iHeart or Stitcher or Spotify, DoubleTwist, or Pandora or Google podcasts or iTunes, or ... Check it out so you always get the latest episode without delay where and when you want it. Like us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!
Monarch butterflies are beautiful insects and have an interesting life cycle and migration pattern, but they are rapidly declining into possible extinction. Therefore, everyone should take steps to plant, protect and improve monarch breeding habitats across North America. Episode Hosts: Jacey Cerda, Claire Kazen Course Coordinators & Podcast Ringmasters: Colleen Duncan, Molly Carpenter, Treana Mayer Audio Engineer: Ethan Fagre Special Guests: Dr. Jaret Daniels is an associate professor specializing in lepidoptera research and insect conservation at the University of Florida He also has a position at the Florida Museum of Natural History as assistant director of exhibits and public programs and assistant curator of Lepidoptera. Dr. Daniels is involved in national butterfly conservation initiatives, including the launch of a butterfly-inspired beer at breweries across the country, which you can read about here: https://news.ufl.edu/2021/10/monarch-beer/ Carol Seemueller is a citizen scientist in Fort Collins, CO, who has championed monarch conservation in her own backyard and in the classroom. Katie-Lyn Bunneycoordinates education and outreach for Monarch Joint Venture (MJV), which is a national nonprofit working to connect federal and state agencies, other nonprofits, community groups, businesses, and education programs for the conservation of monarchs and other pollinators. MJV is a great resource for those looking to support monarch butterflies and their migration. You can find these resources here: https://monarchjointventure.org/get-involved References Forister, ML, Halsch, CA, Nice, CC, Fordyce, JA, Dilts, TE, Oliver, JC, Prudic, KL, Shapiro, AM, Wilson, JK, and Glassberg, J. 2021. Fewer butterflies seen by community scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West. Science 371:1042-45. Nestle, R, Daniels, JC, and Dale, AG. 2020. Mixed-species gardens increase monarch oviposition without increasing top-down predation. Insects 11:648 Pelton, EM, Schultz, CB, Jepsen, SJ, Hoffman Black, S, and Crone, EE. 2019. Western monarch population plummets: status, probable causes, and recommended conservation actions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7:258. Thogmartin, WE, Widerholt, R, Oberhauser, K, Drum, RG, Diffendorfer, JE. Altizer, S, Taylor, OR, Pleasants, J, Semmens, D, Semmens, B, Erickson, R, Libby, K, and Lopez-Hoffman, L. 2017. Monarch butterfly population decline in North America: identifying the threatening processes. R. Soc. Open. Sci. 4:170760. Zylstra, ER, Ries, L, Neupane, N, Saunders, SP, Ramirez, MI, Rendon-Salina, E, Oberhauser, KS, Farr, MT, and Zipkin, EF. 2021. Changes in climate drive recent monarch butterfly dynamics. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5:1441-1452.
Dr. Gavin Naylor is the Program Director at the Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum. Before his ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) talk he carved out some time to chat with Chris and Cara about his career path working with sharks and rays, the need for a greater genetic library of vertebrates, and how different walking shark species are impacted by climate change. Contact Dr. Naylor at gnaylor@flmnh.ufl.edu or at @gavinnaylor on Twitter Find more information on Dr. Naylor's team and their research at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/sharks/about/ Contact the Sausage of Science Podcast and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website: cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email: cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Delaney Glass, Website: dglass.netlify.app/, Email: dglass1@uw.edu, Twitter: @GlassDelaney Alexandra Niclou, Email: aniclou@nd.edu, Twitter: @fiat_Luxandra
This week's episode begins by discussing how Florida's lack of a clean energy plan is costing the state federal infrastructure dollars.Our guest is Dr. Jaret Daniels who leads the lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) research efforts at the University of Florida. Daniels' team can be found working at the world's most prestigious lepidoptera research facility in the world, the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity inside the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus in Gainesville. The McGuire Center houses 12 million butterfly and moth specimens from around the world. We discuss collapsing monarch populations, butterfly rescue efforts in Florida, and what you can do to help sustain butterfly numbers in state.Helpful links to learn more:Florida Native Plant Society.Xerces Society, the world's foremost conservation group working to save butterfly and pollinator populations.Why you should NOT use tropical milkweed to attract monarchs to your landscape.Discover the power of backyard pollinator habitats using native plants and their potential to protect biodiversity.This week's episode is sponsored by VisitSarasota.com. Here is a link to the best places to find butterflies across Sarasota County.If this topic interests you, listen back to Episode 41 where we spoke to Florida author Jeff VanderMeer who's rewilding his Tallahassee yard and offers suggestions for how you can do the same.
Bats! Bats are the only mammals that power their own flight and the University of Florida has hundreds of thousands of them living in the world’s largest occupied bat houses. In this episode, From Florida host Nicci Brown talks with Verity Mathis, mammal collections manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History about the history of bats at UF, species found in our colony, the role bats play in the ecosystem and other fascinating facts about bats. Produced by Nicci Brown, Brooke Adams, Emily Cardinali and James L. Sullivan. Original music by Daniel Townsend, a doctoral candidate in music composition in the College of the Arts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Film Florida Podcast Episode 78- The Slamdance Film Festival is a showcase for raw and innovative filmmaking that lives and bleeds by its mantra: By Filmmakers, For Filmmakers. Taylor Miller and Ronald Baez from Slamdance Miami talk about the festival, which will celebrate emerging filmmakers from Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Florida in an open-air festival experience at the North Beach Band Shell in Miami, October 28-30, 2021. The festival will then continue with a virtual component from October 31-November 7. Taylor O. Miller is an award winning documentary photographer and filmmaker. She studied for her PhD in Communications at the European Graduate School in Sadas Fee Switzerland and is a co-founder and manager of Slamdance Unstoppable and Slamdance Miami. Miller spent 2.5 years as the Director of Photography with Harbor Heights Entertainment filming a docu-series on the city of Detroit. Her work on the series led to an invitation to speak at Google about THIS IS DETROIT which will be released in 2022. Her recent appearances include a panel on Authenticity and Accessibility in Film and Entertainment for NBC Universal as well as being a panelist alongside New York Times Bestseller Francesca Cavallo and Vanity Fair journalist and advocate Marina Coehllo for the Inclusivity in Film Panel at the Not Film Festival in Italy. Ronald Baez is an Afro-Latinx filmmaker and immersive media artist from Miami, FL. His short films have screened at film festivals and art museums worldwide including HBO's New York Latino Film Festival, the Florida Film Festival, Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, and the Norton Museum of Art. Several of Baez's projects would go on to be broadcast for television by PBS Stations and distributed online by PBS VOD and Seed & Spark SVOD. Baez's award-winning immersive media projects have opened in exhibition at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the National Association of Broadcasters Conference in Las Vegas (NAB Show). Baez was awarded the NAB Futures Innovator's Award in 2019 for his innovative XR work with South Florida immersive media collective Yellow Wood Immersive. Baez and his partners continue to work with local and national organizations and institutions like National Geographic, the New World Symphony, the University of Oregon, the Ford Foundation, and the Knight Foundation on a variety of ongoing immersive media and film projects. In addition to his work as a filmmaker and immersive media artist, Baez is a founding member of the White Elephant Group, a Miami-based filmmaking collective, and also serves as the Artistic Director of the After School Film Institute, a nonprofit organization mentoring at risk, inner-city students in South Florida.
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Garden expert, Teresa Watkins chats with Dr. Jaret Daniels, curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History and professor of Entomology at the University of Florida about his "hairy bee research". You can upload your photographs of native plasterer bees to iNaturalist. Sad to announce that Jim Thomas, a great environmental leader for Florida passed this week. To honor Jim Thomas's work, donations can be made to Oakland Nature Preserve. Wish a Happy birthday to Tom MacCubbin! Gardening questions and texts include weed killer, growing potatoes in Ocala, weeping small tree for house, repairing St. Augustine turf for HOA, North Florida report from Beverly, lychee tree, tall hibiscus pruning, rust on plumeria, when to prune tea olives, and more. https://bit.ly/3fr6SU2 Graphic Credit: Dr. Jaret Daniel, ErikaMonster, UF/IFAS Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #research #bees #butterflies #pollinators #tropicals #landscaping
My guest today is Dr. Jaret Daniels. Dr. Daniels is a professor specializing in lepidoptera research and insect conservation at the University of Florida, and is curator of Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History. In addition to that, Dr. Daniels is the author of over a dozen books that help connect the general public to butterflies, insects, and gardening for wildlife. These include titles such as Backyard Bugs, Insects and Bugs for Kids, and Native Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees and Butterflies, which is a series of regionally-specific books.In this episode we dive into Dr. Daniels ability to connect with the public, and how he “flips the switch” between academic endeavors and authoring for the general public. We discuss some of his specific books (links in the show notes). And he outlines why creativity is so important for public outreach. Along those lines, he tells us about the butterfly themed beer partnership with First Magnitude Brewing, which even used yeast from a butterfly!Dr. Daniels also discusses some of his conservation activities and successes, including helping to restore the federally listed Schaus' Swallowtail, which only lives in tropical hardwood hammock habitats in southeast Florida. This restoration also involved important efforts from community science (or citizen science) doing hard work monitoring populations in very challenging environments. This butterfly occupies a limited geographic range, meaning it is vulnerable to both habitat loss and storms such as hurricanes. Dr. Daniels discusses the recovery plan and how they intend to make Schaus' Swallowtail populations more resilient.As you know, I love to highlight ways we can make non-traditional spaces more wildlife friendly, and this is a specialty of Dr. Daniels. We hear about how Dr. Daniels worked with the Florida Dept. of Transportation to demonstrate that reduced roadside mowing frequency was a win-win-win for drivers, the department, and insects.And to support homeowners looking to make better plant choices, Dr. Daniels is collaborating to create a wildlife-friendly plant certification program. Additionally, Dr. Daniels reveals some surprising findings from studying attractiveness of various home landscapes in Florida. The short story: plant larger quantities of fewer "good" plants, and you'll create a better habitat than lots of variety, but with only one specimen of each species.You can also find Dr. Daniels on twitter.This was an enlightening discussion on a number of fronts, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Full show notes.Dr. Daniel's BooksBackyard Bugs: An Identification Guide to Common Insects, Spiders, and MoreInsects & Bugs for Kids: An Introduction to EntomologyNative Plant Gardening for Birds, Bees & Butterflies: A series covering the Upper Midwest, Southeast, South (coming soon)Other LinksPlasterer Bees of the Southeast - an iNaturalist project started by the Florida Museum of Natural History looking to gather knowledge and observations about these rare bees. And more about the Plasterer Bee Project from the museum.The Florida Museum of Natural HistoryThe Xerces Society
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This week we've got a long episode but keep with it because we have @adam.bakst, full-time comedian, part-time PR professional. Learn about the many food controversies in Tampa, where the Cuban sandwich actually originated and the chance to get Tom Brady's phone number. SHOW NOTES: Where to stay: The Don CeSar, The Barrymore Where to eat: Mazzaro's Italian Market, Mr. Dunderbak's Biergarten and Brewery, Datz, Dough, Daily Eats, Armature Works Food Hall Best Cuban sandwich: Brocato's Sandwich Shop Where to drink: Lowry Parcade, Green Lemon, MacDinton's Soho Best Gay Bars: Southern Nights, The Honey Pot (Permanently Closed) What to do: Busch Gardens, go to an XFL game, check Ybor City RAPID FIRE: Most instagram-able spot: Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa Music of Art, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, USF Favorite pizza spot: Eddie and Sam's NY Pizza Favorite Tampa event: Gasparilla Season, St. Patrick's Day Festival Favorite coffee shop: Favorite wine & cheese spot: Cru Cellars Favorite season to visit: directly after Spring or right before Fall Favorite place for dessert: Bo's Ice Cream, Chill's Bros Scoop Shop Favorite local business: Mojo Books & Records Biggest tourist trap: Drive further than Ben T. Davis Beach- it's not the best beach so go into Clearwater
We all know the River Styx of Greek Mythology, but did you know there is one in Alachua County, Florida. Gainesville Sun intern and student journalist Chasity Maynard guest hosts this episode of the Classified History Podcast, where we will explore the history of a Native America burial ground dating back nearly 2,000 years. Dr. Neill Wallis, an associate curator in archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, will provide expert insight on Alachua County's River Styx and the people associated with the Cades Pond Culture. Wallis co-authored the first published academic paper on the site. He will help us learn about the little-known history of this area, and who lived and connected with land long before it was colonized.
This week, a new children's book takes on media literacy. We'll also hear about a pair of kid's books about the insect world. A puppy has lost his bones, and the search is on to find his lost treats. That's an extremely brief summary of the new book by Amy Jussel called “The Secret of the Vanishing Bones: Tracking the Data Trail." The book, aimed at students in grades K through 5, uses the story to teach young people about keeping their data private and gives them a first look at media literacy in the digital age. Amy Jussel is the founder of Shaping Youth, a group that uses media literacy, film, policy advocacy, and social media campaigns to counter the influence of media marketing and data mining on young people. I asked why she wanted to tell this story to this audience. "The Secret of the Vanishing Bones: Tracking the Data Trail" is published by Shaping Youth. You can learn more at shapingyouth.org. Bugs are everywhere. And most kids love discovering a new creepy crawly. Now a pair of children's books are making it easier for young students to become budding entomologists. They're called “Insects & Bugs for Kids” and “Insects & Bugs Backyard Workbook," and they are written by Dr. Jaret Daniels, a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History and an associate professor at the University of Florida at Gainesville. I asked why he wanted to teach young students about bugs. Both books are published by Adventure Publications. More people are taking fewer precautions against COVID-19. That's the topic of today's Academic Minute. Photo courtesy of Shaping Youth.
In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Charlie Fenster, Professor at South Dakota State University, Director of Oak Lake Field Station, and President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Dr. Pam Soltis of the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida, Director of University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, AIBS Board Member, and Past President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and Paul Turner, Rachel Carson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and Microbiology Faculty Member at the Yale School of Medicine. They describe their recent article in BioScience, "Pandemic Policy in the Vaccine Era: The Long Haul Approach," in which they discuss vaccines, viral evolution, and the ways that the life sciences community must contribute to a robust international response in order to meet the present and future global challenges to human health and wellbeing.
National Geographic Explorer Joe Martinez is a Ph.D. student in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity in the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. He talks to us about his paper published in ZooKeys in which he describes six new species of jaguar moths! We talk about why these are called “jaguar” moths, why do they fluoresce (they glow!) in UV light, and what these moths are doing at high altitudes! The title of the paper is “A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana, with descriptions of four new species and two new Neotropical species of Panthea (Noctuidae, Pantheinae).” The paper is in the April 6 issue of ZooKeys: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56784/ To learn more about Joe Martinez, follow him on Twitter, @Jose_IMartinez, on Instagram @owletmothman, or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ismaelmartinez.papilioslayer/ Be sure to follow New Species on Twitter (@PodcastSpecies), like the podcast page on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NewSpeciesPodcast), and music in this podcast is "No More (Instrumental)," by HaTom (https://fanlink.to/HaTom). If you would like to support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/NewSpeciesPodcast
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week's show, Katharina Schmack, a research associate at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, joins producer Joel Goldberg to talk about giving mice a quiz that makes them hallucinate. Observing the mice in this state helps researchers make connections between dopamine, hallucinations, and mental illness. This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: christopherhu/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Authors: Joel Goldberg; Meagan Cantwell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week’s show, Katharina Schmack, a research associate at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, joins producer Joel Goldberg to talk about giving mice a quiz that makes them hallucinate. Observing the mice in this state helps researchers make connections between dopamine, hallucinations, and mental illness. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF).
Podcast Producer Meagan Cantwell talks with Pamela Soltis, a professor and curator with the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida and the director of the University of Florida Biodiversity Institute, about how natural collections at museums can be a valuable resource for understanding future disease outbreaks. Read the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century. This segment is part of our coverage of the 2021 AAAS Annual Meeting. Also on this week's show, Katharina Schmack, a research associate at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, joins producer Joel Goldberg to talk about giving mice a quiz that makes them hallucinate. Observing the mice in this state helps researchers make connections between dopamine, hallucinations, and mental illness. This week's episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF). [Image: christopherhu/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Authors: Joel Goldberg; Meagan Cantwell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Michael and Robin as we speak with Ashley Brundage, author of the new book Empowering Differences. Ashley T Brundage is the Founder and President of Empowering Differences. While seeking employment at a major financial institution, she self-identified during the interview process as a male to female transgender woman and subsequently was hired. She was offered a position and started as a part-time bank teller and worked in various lines of business before moving to VP, Diversity, and Inclusion in less than 5 years. Ashley recently celebrated 18 years of marriage to Whitney and together they have two biological sons; Bryce, 15, and Blake, 13. Since beginning transitioning in 2008, she has worked tirelessly to promote awareness and acceptance of gender identity and expression. She works to accomplish this goal by volunteering in the community and holding education sessions for corporations. She serves on the Corporate Advisory Council for the NGLCC-National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Also is the co-chair for NGLCC’s new global Trans+ Inclusion Task Force. She chaired the successful bid to host the NGLCC convention in 2019, and Visit Tampa Bay named her their Tourism Champion for 2017. In 2018, she started serving on the board of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. In 2019, she was voted on the National Board of Directors for GLAAD. GLAAD works to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Community through media advocacy. On the show we will discuss: Ashley's journey Leadership in the business worldLeadership in the LGBTQ+ communityYour book and the main concepts behind Empowering DifferencesHow does this apply in DEI today?
Better Lawns and Gardens (http://betterlawns.com/homenew.asp) Hour #2– Gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin speak to Dr. Jaret Daniels, curator and program director for the Florida Museum of Natural History McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/daniels-lab/) . Discussion included where butterflies go in winter, how to provide resources for butterflies, Butterfly Rainforest exhibit. Questions include protecting plants in cold weather, pruning peach and lemon trees, ligustrums, hydrangea and oak trees correctly, favorite palms, zinnia seeds, moon planting dates, pollinating Kapok trees, lawn mowing in different directions, green peace lily, seeding Bahia lawns or sod, and more. Photo Credit: Dr. Lincoln Brower, (https://journeynorth.org/tm/monarch/Gallery_SanctuarySurvival.html) https://bit.ly/3myTjDw December's In Your Backyard Newsletter (http://www.she-consulting.com/in-your-backyard-newsletter) is out! Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens (https://bit.ly/30cciv3) every Saturday 7am - 9am EST. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida #betterlawns #centralflorida #tropicals #December #floridalife #photography #SHE #Christmas #fruittrees #vegetables #coldweather #freeze #butterflies #pollinators #winter #pruning #trees #rainforest #Gainesville #UF
Join Dr. Taylor Clem as he speaks with his guest speak Dr. Jaret Daniels. He is a Professor of Entomology at the University of Florida and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. During our discussion, we'll talk about Dr. Jaret's research and the important role of pollinators. Resources: McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Attracting Bees to Your Florida Landscape Butterfly Gardening in Florida If you would like to reach out to any of the agents at UF/IFAS Extension Alachua County, feel free to send them an email or call our county extension office at (352)955-2402 Follow us on your favorite podcast platform!!! Song: LiQWYD - Summer Nights (Vlog No Copyright Music) Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Q1bBAEhDBBg Music by LiQWYD: http://www.soundcloud.com/liqwyd http://www.bit.ly/liqwyd-youtube http://www.instagram.com/liqwyd http://www.spoti.fi/2RPd66h http://www.apple.co/2TZtpeG http://www.patreon.com/LiQWYD --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/extensioncord/message
In this episode, we talk with ASHLEY T BRUNDAGE, who is a celebrated and award-winning equal rights advocate, transgender rising star and the Founder & President of “Empowering Differences”THOUGHT #1Highlight ALL of Your DifferencesTHOUGHT #2Diversity is Not How We Differ; Diversity is About Embracing One Another’s Uniqueness - Ola JosephCONNECT:Website: AshleyBrundage.comWebsite: EmpoweringDifferences.comBook: Empowering DifferencesEmail: Ashley@EmpoweringDifferences.comFacebook: @AshleyTBrundageInstagram: @AshleyTBrundageLinkedin: Ashley T BrundageTwitter: @AshleyTBrundage YouTube: @AshleyTBrundageBRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:One Direction (Shred version) - Youtube.comSeasons 52 - Seasons52.comEthiopia - Britannica.comBlack Lives Matter - BlackLivesMatter.comFirst, Break All the Rules (Marcus Buckingham) - Amazon.comGallup's StrengthsFinder - Gallup.comThe Island of Misfit Toys (Rudolf, The Red-Nosed Reindeer) - WikipediaThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey) - FranklinCovey.comOla Joseph - AuthorsDen.comHard Rock International – HardRock.comThoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.comCertified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.comBlack Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.comCannonball Kids’ cancer – CannonballKidscancer.orgBig Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT KeelASHLEY BRUNDAGE'S BIO:Ashley T Brundage is the Founder and President of Empowering Differences. While seeking employment at a major financial institution, she self-identified during the interview process as a male to female transgender woman and subsequently was hired. She was offered a position and started as a part time bank teller and worked in various lines of business before moving to Human Resources in 2016. Ashley recently celebrated 18 years of marriage to Whitney and together they have two biological sons; Bryce, 15, and Blake, 13. Since beginning transitioning in 2008, she has worked tirelessly to promote awareness and acceptance of gender identity and expression. She works to accomplish this goal by volunteering in the community, and holding education sessions for corporations. She serves on the Corporate Advisory Council for the NGLCC-National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Also is the co-chair for NGLCC’s new global Trans+ Inclusion Task Force. Ashley chaired the successful bid to host the NGLCC convention in 2019, and Visit Tampa Bay named her their Tourism Champion for 2017. In 2018, she started serving on the board of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. In 2019, she was voted on the National Board of Directors for GLAAD. GLAAD works to accelerate acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Community through media advocacy. Ashley speaks locally and nationally about her transition, workplace equality, leadership, and diversity & inclusion. She has also been interviewed in several publications and media outlets, including Tampa Bay Times, Watermark Magazine, Creative Loafing, The Tampa Bay Business Journal, The Miami Herald, Fox 13 News Tampa, ABC News 7 Ft Myers, CBS 10 Tampa, Las Vegas Review Journal, Milwaukee Biz Times, the Daily Beast, Fairygodboss, and a feature story with Bloomberg Businessweek in 2019. Ashley has been recognized in many areas and has received numerous awards including: The University of South Florida 2014 Community Pride Award, 2015St Pete Pride Grand Marshal, 2015Commendation-City of Tampa, 2016Tampa Bay Business Journal Business Woman of the Year, 2016Voice for Equality Award from Equality Florida, 2017LGBT Leadership Award from the Florida Diversity Council, 2017Leadership Award from Metro Inclusive Health, 2017.Inaugural People First Award by the Tampa Bay Business Journal, 2017TBBJ Power 100 list, the most influential and powerful people in business, 2017Champion Award from international non-profit Out & Equal, 2018One of Florida’s Most Powerful and Influential Women from the National Diversity Council, 2018One of the Top 40 under 40 in the LGBTQ community nationally by Business Equality Magazine, 2019TBBJ Outstanding Voice for the LGBTQ community, 2019Inaugural Transgender Rising Star by Trans New York, 2019
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Guest Expert George Burgess, Ichthyologist and curator emeritus of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville about the real life shark attack that inspired the movie, JAWS! What he has to say might change her verdict.We have merch! Buy tickets to The Alarmist LIVE, Oct 23rd, 5pm PST.us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistTheCall the Earios hotline! 626-604-6262 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Was TOXIC MASCULINITY to blame for the Great White killing spree that terrorized Amity Island in the movie JAWS?This week, The Alarmist (Rebecca Delgado Smith) decides who is to blame for one of the scariest (fictional) shark murder sprees of ALL TIME….JAWS! She is joined by Jaws Enthusiast Paul F Tompkins, Fact Checker Smith and Producer Lund. Then, Ichthyologist and curator emeritus of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, George Burgess, pops in to discuss. We have merch! Buy tickets to The Alarmist LIVE, Oct 23rd, 5pm PST.us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistTheCall the Earios hotline! 626-604-6262 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Eles são os mais perigosos na natureza: hoje o Vale 10 traz os 10 animais mais perigosos que existem. LINKS: - Elefante virando moto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwyLbDAU8I - Hipopótamo de estimação: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWgB1hyOHWc VALE INDICA: - Filme: Tubarão - Jogo: Among Us · Nos apoie! - https://apoia.se/vale10podcast REDES SOCIAIS DO PODCAST: - Facebook: https://facebook.com/podcastvale10/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vale10podcast/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/vale10podcast - E-mail: podcastvale10@gmail.com - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS5rrfULmlLe7i5fsZp_eww MINHAS REDES SOCIAIS: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodolfobrenner/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrennerRodolfo MÚSICAS USADAS NESTE EPISÓDIO: - Abertura: “Countdown in After Effects - Free Template” - Abdelhamid Zarouati - Transição: “Livin' Up (Sting)” - Otis McDonald - Vale Indica: “Left U Into (Sting)” - Otis McDonald - Início e Fim: Pixabay© FONTES: Sites BBC, G1, National Geographic, Reuters, UOL, Florida Museum of Natural History, Último Segundo, Terra, HowStuffWorks, NOAA's National Ocean Service, Estadão, Jornal das Viagens, Perito Animal, Ministério da Saúde, Planet Deadly, Atlas do Mundo, The Telegraph, SoCientífica, Correio Braziliense, BBC, Megacurioso, HiperCultura, ScienceAlert, Aventuras na História.
This week on The Pet Buzz, Petrendologist Charlotte Reed and Michael Fleck, DVM, talk with Ichthyologist and Fisheries Biologist, Dr. George Burgess (Director Emeritus Florida Program for Shark Research at the Florida Museum at University of Florida), about issues facing sharks; with veterinarian, Dr. Sarah Hamer, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences about her research centered around the degree to which pets are infected with SARS-CoV-2 the virus that causes COVID-19; and with Nadine Mazzola, a certified Forest Therapy Guide about forest bathing with your dog.
The pandemic resulting from SARS-CoV-2 has had profound impacts on the conduct of scientific research and education: A large proportion of field research has ground to a halt, and research and science education were forced to move online. In light of these developments, the nation's biodiversity infrastructure—natural history collections housed in museums, herbaria, universities, and colleges, among other locations, and often available digitally—are ready to play an even larger role in enabling important scientific discoveries. Further, collections may also be instrumental in preventing or mitigating future infectious outbreaks. Two recent BioScience publications, linked below, highlight these issues. In this episode BioScience Talks, we're joined by representatives from the collections and science education communities. Guests included John Bates, Natural Science Collections Alliance, the Field Museum of Natural History; Pam Soltis, Florida Museum of Natural History, the University of Florida; Gil Nelson, iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, the University of Florida; Barbara Thiers, New York Botanical Garden; Anna Monfils, Central Michigan University, the BLUE Project; Janice Krumm, Widener University, BCEENET (Biological Collections in Ecology and Evolution Network); Liz Shea, Delaware Museum of Natural History, BCEENET; Carly Jordan, George Washington University, BCEENET; and Joseph Cook, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico. Read the Editorial in BioScience. Read the Viewpoint in BioScience. Listen to our earlier discussion of the Extended Specimen Network. Learn more about the BLUE project. Learn more about BCEENET. Subscribe on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher. Catch up with us on Twitter.
As beaches open up for the summer, remember there's more than COVID-19 to worry about. No, actually, that should be the main thing to worry about. Oh and sun cancer. While Strange County is talking about shark attacks, shark attacks are pretty rare. You have a better chance of having Trump grab you by your genitalia. But in the summer of 1916, a shark or sharks terrorized the Jersey Shore over 12 days. Scientists still don't know definitively what sparked it, but Beth and Kelly put forth a theory that is pretty incredible. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: Brown, Elizabeth. “How a Century of Fear Turned Deadly for Sharks.” Florida Museum, 3 May 2019, www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/how-a-century-of-fear-turned-deadly-for-sharks/. Capuzzo, Michael. Close to Shore: the Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916. Crown Publishers, 2003. The Case of the New Jersey Man-Eater, www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/saf_nj_maneater.htm. Copeland, Matthew. “A History of Shark Attacks in Texas.” KIIITV, 24 July 2018, www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/a-history-of-shark-attacks-in-texas/503-577105458. Evelyn, Kenya. “Amazon Threatened with Closure of Wisconsin Campus over Coronavirus.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 22 May 2020, www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/22/amazon-coronavirus-wisconsin-campus-closure-threat. Fernicola, Richard G. Twelve Days of Terror: a Definitive Investigation of the 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks. The Lyons Press, 2002. Gambino, Megan. “The Shark Attacks That Were the Inspiration for Jaws.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 6 Aug. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-shark-attacks-that-were-the-inspiration-for-jaws-15220260/. “Great White Shark.” National Geographic, 21 Sept. 2018, www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/g/great-white-shark/. “Great White Shark.” Smithsonian Ocean, 18 Dec. 2018, ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/great-white-shark#section_690. McCall, Matt. “2 Weeks, 4 Deaths, and the Start of America's Fear of Sharks.” 1916 New Jersey Shore Shark Attacks Inspired Jaws and Changed the Way We View Ocean Predators, 12 June 2019, www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/07/150702-shark-attack-jersey-shore-1916-great-white/. Picchi, Aimee. “Trump Adviser Says America's ‘Human Capital Stock’ Ready to Return to Work, Sparking Anger.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 26 May 2020, www.cbsnews.com/news/human-capital-stock-kevin-hassett-trump-economic-advisor-back-to-work/. Rice, Doyle. “Good News for Beachgoers: The Number of Shark Attacks Is Decreasing.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information Network, 22 Jan. 2020, www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/21/shark-attacks-were-down-again-2019-only-2-deaths-worldwide/4502604002/. Schmidt, Samantha. “A Century Later, Memories of Fatal Shark Attacks Linger in New Jersey.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 July 2016, www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/nyregion/a-century-later-memories-of-fatal-shark-attacks-linger-in-new-jersey.html. “Shark Attack Compared to Other Risks.” Florida Museum, 1 Feb. 2018, www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/odds/compare-risk/. “Shark Attack Injures Two And Closes Gulf Beaches.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 11 June 2000, www.nytimes.com/2000/06/11/us/shark-attack-injures-two-and-closes-gulf-beaches.html. Wyatt, Edward. “Peter Benchley, Author of 'Jaws,' Dies at 65.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 13 Feb. 2006, www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/books/peter-benchley-author-of-jaws-dies-at-65.html?searchResultPosition=2.
A rare blue bee has been spotted in Florida for the first time in 4 years according to a news release from thehttps://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/floridas-rare-blue-calamintha-bee-rediscovered/ ( Florida Museum of Natural History!) This isn't the only winged critter there has been a lot of buzz about. By now, you've all hear of the 'Murder' Hornet. We'll tell you why you need to chill out. We have one more bonus episode coming this week to celebrate the birthday of fossil hunter Mary Anning, and then a new full-length episode on Friday! It's a busy week. Support The Wild Life by becoming a member at patreon.com/TheWildLife or by purchasing official merch at thewildlife.blog/shop Follow us on instagram @devonthenatureguy and @thewildlife.blog or on Twitter @thewildlifepod or @devthenatureguy Wherever you are listening, be sure to leave us a rating and review. It's not just a review, it's a very real source of serotonin! Also, leave us a review on Podchaser, the IMDB of podcasts, at https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-wild-life-1023165 (https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-wild-life-1023165) Support this podcast
The Materialists are…. Becky O'Sullivan (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN West Central Region) Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region) For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/ We would like to thank…. The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/ For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com Episode 12: “Socialis Remotus” Huge thank you to Dr. Charlie Cobb for being on this episode. Dr. Cobb is Curator and Lockwood Professor of Historical Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. He specializes in the archaeology and history of the southeastern United States and has a particular interest in Native American engagements with European colonialism. For more information on Dr. Cobb's research please visit https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/nhdept/faculty/, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charles_Cobb5, https://florida.academia.edu/CharlesCobb DeFoe, Daniel. 1722. A Journal of the Plague Year. Lynteris, Christos. 2018. Plague Masks: The Visual Emergence of Anti-Epidemic Personal Protection Equipment. Journal of Medical Anthropology, Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness. Volume 37, 2018 - Issue 6: Technologies and Materialities of Epidemic Control. McEwan, Bonnie G. (editor). 1993. The Missions of La Florida. University of Florida Press Watts, Sheldon J. 1999. Epidemics and History: Disease, Power, and Imperialism. Yale University Press History of Toilet Paper - https://reddiplumbingwichita.com/blog/general/the-history-of-toilet-paper Song: Influenza. Johnson, Ace (Performer). Lomax, John A. (John Avery), 1867-1948 (Collector). https://www.loc.gov/item/lomaxbib000548/?fbclid=IwAR0kvY3RDyGTdZ574Ie3hgyYXXmIvmy1sbf_YKAAdLZgFGWLvnTrfWworYo Song: Patty Griffin. 2013. Please Don't Let Me Die in Florida. Track #2. American Kid. New West Records Clip: 6482jdmcksw. Bob and Doug McKenzie - Strange Brew Clip #1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4KTebUT6Mw
The Materialists are…. Becky O'Sullivan (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN West Central Region) Nigel Rudolph (Public Archaeology Coordinator, FPAN Central Region) For more info on FPAN please visit http://fpan.us/ We would like to thank…. The Florida Public Archaeology Network, The University of South Florida - Department of Anthropology, and The Crystal River Preserve and Archaeological State Park. For more info on USF Anthro Department please visit their website at https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/anthropology/ For More info about the Crystal River Archaeological State Park please visit their website at https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/crystal-river-archaeological-state-park Thank you to the band Have Gun, Will Travel for the use of their song Silver and the Age of Opulence for our intro music. For more information on HGWT please visit their website at http://hgwtmusic.com/ For questions or concerns about the podcast please email us at the materialistspodcast@gmail.com Episode 10: Dust to Dust – Chapter 2 The Materialists would like to thank Becca Burton, communications manager for the University of Florida Thompson Institute for Earth Systems, housed in the Florida Museum of Natural History. Co-creator of The Marjory. The Marjorie is a woman-owned reporting nonprofit that promotes a greater understanding of issues related to women and the environment in Florida through storytelling and community building. Find out more about The Thomson Institute for Earth Systems at UF… https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/earth-systems/ For more info about The Marjorie visit: www.themarjorie.org In her interview, Becca mentions “The nine tipping points for the planet earth” for more info on that visit: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/climate-change-tipping-points-earth/ Becky's statistics about plastic use came from: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/23/all-the-plastic-ever-made-study-comic Susie Cagle, The Guardian. 2019 A whale washed ashore with over 200 lbs of plastic in its stomach. Sperm Whale washed ashore in Scotland https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/world/europe/harris-beached-whale.html Nigel's history of plastic from History and Future of Plastics https://www.sciencehistory.org/the-history-and-future-of-plastics For more info on the Anthropocene please visit https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02381-2 Thank you to Radiohead. Fake Plastic Trees, The Bends. 1995. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h0qHwNrHk One Word: Plastics Clip. The Graduate, Lawrence Turman, Embassy Pictures (US), United Artists. 1967. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
Just in time for Halloween, we talk with Paul Ramey, assistant director of marketing and public relations for the Florida Museum of Natural History, about the University of Florida's Bat Houses in Gainesville. The UF bat houses are home to the world's largest bat colony living in man-made houses.
Just in time for Halloween, we talk with Paul Ramey, assistant director of marketing and public relations for the Florida Museum of Natural History, about the University of Florida's Bat Houses in Gainesville. The UF bat houses are home to the world's largest bat colony living in man-made houses.
Dinosaur of the day Tuojiangosaurus, a dinosaur that resembles Stegosaurus with thinner plates.Interview with Jen Bauer, a postdoctoral associate at the Florida Museum of Natural History, with a focus on the myFOSSIL project and the Thompson Institute for Earth Systems. She is also the co-creator, along with Adriane Lam, of Time ScavengersIn dinosaur news this week:Aquilarhinus, the new hadrosaur from Texas with a shovel bill and an eagle noseA large group of opalized dinosaur fossils were found in Lightning Ridge, AustraliaThe lawsuit over the dueling dinosaurs is now at the Montana Supreme CourtFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tuojiangosaurus, links from Jen Bauer, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tuojiangosaurus-Episode-243/
►Great White in Virginia?!! This week’s podcast is about great white sharks in the United States and overall shark attack statistics around the world. The non-profit ocearch can track sharks in order to study them and last week the organization detected that two great white sharks pinned off the coast of Virginia. I feel that this information it is sort of a warning for people who are out in the water to keep a look out and to study where exactly they go. Thank you for listening to today’s episode! Follow me on Social Media⇩ ♥︎ Facebook: Rachels Rescues Wildlife Conservation ♥︎Instagram: rachels_rescues_ - Rachel References Bronwyn, I. (2019). Jason Momoa called out two fishermen who butchered a live shark and laughed about it. Peak Aquaman! EE. Retrieved from https://www.someecards.com/news/news/jason-momoa-fishemen-butchered-live-shark/ Florida Museum. (2018). Yearly worldwide shark attack summary. Retrieved from https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/ Patterson, E. (2019). Ocearch: Great white shark surfaces off Virginia Beach. 13 News Now. Retrieved from https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/ocearch-great-white-shark-surfaces-off-virginia-beach/291-a3107508-ef0d-471d-9c7d-b6b82b8b9b7b Wikipedia. (2019). List of fatal shark attacks in the United States. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States Ocearch Website: https://www.ocearch.org/ocearch-successfully-satellite-tags-great-white-shark-off-north-florida/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rachel-pence/support
Docents play a vital role in museums across the country. As museum education departments change and evolve, tensions have surfaced on what the role of docents should be as teaching in museums becomes more specialized. Stephanie Samera, Lead for Gallery Learning at the Columbus Museum of Art, joins me to discuss all things docent. She shares how building genuine relationships with docents has allowed her program to flourish and how her museum’s unique vision for learning and visitor experience has spurred docents to take ownership over their teaching and professional development. We touch on the role of museum leadership in creating successful docent programs, including the areas where there is room for growth, such as being intentional in diversity and inclusion efforts across the museum. In the afterlife post-medical sciences, Stephanie Samera first discovered her passion for museums as a volunteer for the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville and has since worked at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum, Seattle Art Museum, and Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, Ohio. Stephanie oversees the Docent Program as Lead for Gallery Learning at the Columbus Museum of Art after serving as Manager of Group Services at the Museum of Modern Art. In addition to her extensive work in the visitor experience field, Stephanie completed her M.S.Ed. in Leadership in Museum Education at Bank Street College of Education. Conversations Notes Why Creativity? Articulating and Championing a Museum's Social Mission by Cindy Meyers Foley Center for Art and Social Engagement Debuts by Jen Lehe The Visitors' Bill of Rights by Judy Rand Nightmare at the Phoenix Art Museum Twitter @sv18 or Instagram @stephsame
Watch Dr. Robert Guralnick from Florida Museum of Natural History evaluate Species Distribution Modeling at the Biodiversity Science and Remote Sensing Fundamentals short course on October 1, 2018 at the Keck Institute for Space Studies, Caltech.
This week, lets really stick our hands into the mouth of knowledge! Reallyyyy reach blindly in there. Maybe, if we're lucky, we'll even catch a big one.ReferencesCatfish FaxFroese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Pangasianodon gigas" in FishBase.Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.Lundberg, John G.; Friel, John P. (20 January 2003). "Siluriformes". Tree of Life Web ProjectRobins, Robert H. "Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Walking Catfish". Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.NoodlingDeborah A. Salazar (2002). "Noodling: An American Folk Fishing Technique". The Journal of Popular Culture. 35 (4): 145–155. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.2002.3504_145.xhttps://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/11/killer-catfish-american-myths-of-monstrous-man-eating-catfish/PiraibaFroese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2007). "Brachyplatystoma filamentosum" in FishBase. Apr 2007 version.Petrere, Miguel Jr.; Barthem, Ronaldo Borges; Córdoba, Edwin Agudelo; Gómez, Bernardo Corrales (2004). "Review of the large catfish fisheries in the upper Amazon and the stock depletion of piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum Lichtenstein)" (PDF). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 14 (4): 403–414.http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160104-does-the-candiru-fish-really-eat-human-penisesGoonchFroese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Bagarius yarrelli" in FishBase."Goonch Catfish". Animal Planet. 2014-04-15.Wels CatfishCucherousset, J.; Boulêtreau, S. P.; Azémar, F. D. R.; Compin, A.; Guillaume, M.; Santoul, F. D. R. (2012). Steinke, Dirk, ed. ""Freshwater Killer Whales": Beaching Behavior of an Alien Fish to Hunt Land Birds". PLoS ONE. 7 (12): e50840. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050840Yong, Ed. "The catfish that strands itself to kill pigeons". Discover Magazine.https://www.skeptic.org.uk/cryptozoology/the-mysterious-wels-catfish/NamazuSmits, Gregory (Summer 2006). "Shaking up Japan: Edo Society and the 1855 Catfish Picture Prints" (PDF). Journal of Social History. 39 (4): 1045–1078. doi:10.1353/jsh.2006.0057.https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/namazu-the-earthshaker/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nick Gray is the Founder and CEO of Museum Hack, a group of renegade museum educators, scientists, musicians, and artists that seek to reimagine the adult museum experience. Gray doesn't come from an arts or museum background. In 2011 he started giving unofficial tours at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for his friends. Since then, Museum Hack has grown to over 40 employees who give tours at museums in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Chicago. Museum Hack has also done professional development, event and consultations with nearly 100 institutions, including the National Park Service, California Academy of Sciences, Corning Museum of Glass and the Florida Museum of Natural History. The company's innovative engagement approach has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Newsweek, and Gray has been a featured speaker at TEDxFoggyBottom, The DO Lectures and the Skift Conference, among others. Nick is just one of the extraordinary guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show. In the podcast, Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they'd go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty; Journalist-Humorist-Actor Mo Rocca; Film Maker, Muffie Meyer; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, writers and more.
Today’s featured guest is Brian Adams Brian is a wedding photographer based in Orlando, Florida and for half the year you will find him doing weddings throughout the North Eastern States as well. His Studio consists of 4 photographers with a combined 50 years of experience and the team has photographed over 400 weddings. Brian has been showcased on Oprah, Dr. Oz, and Good Morning America not to mention the many publications where his work has been featured. Brian began photographing weddings in 2002. Troy joined him in 2003, Lori joined them in 2007, and Scott joined the team in 2012. Supported by their assistants Taylor, Sky, and Kristy, and their editors Rooz and Rick, they have photographed more than 350 weddings in 22 states and 8 countries. Brian and his associate photographers photograph weddings year-round all over Florida, including: Clearwater, Jacksonville, Key West, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach, and Winter Park. See some of Brian, Troy, Lori, and Scott's complete wedding albums here. Brian also photographs weddings April through October in these New England locations: Boston, Bristol, New Haven, Newport, Ogunquit, Portland, and all over Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Brian has recently been lucky enough to photograph weddings and engagement sessions Internationally in Singapore, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, The Bahamas, Tunisia, and Canada. Brian travels more than 50,000 miles a year and constantly gleans inspiration from the people he meets, art deco and mid-century architecture, design (graphic, industrial, and interior) and cinema. He loves New York and Boston, dogs and cats, beer and wine, and he secretly wants to direct a movie. His work has been featured in Connecticut Magazine, People Magazine, Professional Photographer, and Town & Country and has also been seen on Oprah, The Dr. Oz Show, and Good Morning America. The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts presented Brian with two awards for his photography in 2007 and in 2012. In 2009, Brian moved his Winter Park, Florida office to a boutique-style studio in downtown Orlando. In 2010, Brian led the world's first iPhone photo and video team to shoot a complete wedding, which has since received over 175,000 hits on YouTube. In 2012, Brian Adams PhotoGraphics was thankful to celebrate 10 great years of wedding photography.
Dr. Bruce MacFadden is Curator and Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. On the UF faculty since 1977, he teaches in both the biology and geology departments. He is the author of 165 peer-reviewed articles and a book titled Fossil Horses (Cambridge 1992). With funding from the NSF PIRE program, his current research interests include collecting fossil mammals along the Panama Canal. He is also interested in how evolution is communicated through museum exhibits. Bruce received his B.S. degree from Cornell University and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University.
Bruce J. MacFadden is Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural History and Professor of Geological Sciences, Latin American Studies, and Zoology at University of Florida, Gainesville. He has authored over 150 articles on mammalian systematics, paleoecology, and evolution, and also published research on how visitors to natural history museums understand evolution. He has participated in many exhibits and public education projects at FMNH. This year MacFadden is Program Officer for Informal Science Education in NSF's Directorate of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings.
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