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“Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction”

by Jerald Pinson • September 25, 2023. Sources: Jessica Oswald, Michelle David Steadman; Brian Smith of the American Museum of Natural History, Julie Allen of Virginia Tech and Robert Guralnick of the Florida Museum of Natural History are also co-authors on the study.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/caribbean-parrots-thought-to-be-endemic-are-actually-relicts-of-millennial-scale-extinction/

“Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer”

by Jerald Pinson • June 5, 2023. Sources: Robert Guralnick, Lindsay Campbell.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/weather-anomalies-are-keeping-insects-active-longer/

“Researchers use AI to create a treasure map of undiscovered ant species”

by Lucy Dickie and Jerald Pinson • August 4, 2022. Source: Robert Guralnick.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/researchers-use-ai-to-create-a-treasure-map-of-undiscovered-ant-species/

“Who observes the observers? Scientists conduct large-scale study of iNaturalist users”

by Jerald Pinson • September 8, 2021. Sources: Grace Di Cecco, Robert Guralnick, Michael Belitz, Allen Hurlbert. Vijay Barve of Purdue University and Brian Stucky of the Florida Museum also co-authored the study.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-conduct-large-scale-study-of-inaturalist-users/

“Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of cattle in the Americas”

by Jerald Pinson • August 8, 2023. Sources: Nicolas Delsol. Brian Stucky with the Agricultural Research Service, Jessica Oswald with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Charles Cobb, Kitty Emery and Robert Guralnick of the Florida Museum of Natural History are also authors of the study.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/ancient-dna-reveals-an-early-african-origin-of-cattle-in-the-americas/

“Notes From Nature celebrates 10 years of community science”

by Michael Denslow and Jerald Pinson • May 2, 2023. Source: Robert Guralnick.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/notes-from-nature-celebrates-10-years-of-community-science/

“Early bloomers: Using citizen-science data to investigate unseasonal flowering in Joshua trees”

by Jerald Pinson • December 14, 2021. Sources: Laura Brenskelle, Rob Guralnick. Vijay Barve of Purdue University, Lucas Majure of the Florida Museum and Daijiang Li of Louisiana State University also co-authored the study.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/early-bloomers-using-citizen-science-data-to-investigate-unseasonal-flowering-in-joshua-trees/

“Embark on an adventure with the Florida Museum and Digital Worlds Institute movie premiere”

by Ashley Tisher Jan 17, 2024. Sources: Doug Soltis, Pam Soltis.

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https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2024/01/17/treetender-2-premiere/

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