Florida Museum of Natural History

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2026-03-25 @ 13.34.23 ∈ In English

Highly and casually active citizen scientists contribute equally valuable data
The tendency for people to observe in a particular type of area results in lopsided (biased) data that scientists have to account for when conducting their analyses. […] This study shows that the bias toward natural areas perpetuated by super-users is partly balanced by those of casual users.
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2026-01-30 @ 11.56.48 ∈ In English

Tropical feedback loop: Butterfly mimicry patterns evolve faster near the equator
[If] one of your competitors was an Olympian speed runner, you'd quickly conclude that your time would be best spent chasing after some of the slower players. If there were multiple Olympian [runners, by wearing the same uniform they could implicitly tell] you not to bother trying to catch any of them.
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2024-03-12 @ 12.22.29 ∈ In English

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Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free
Natural history museums have entered a new stage of scientific discovery and accessibility with the completion of openVertebrate (oVert), a six-year collaborative project among 18 institutions to create 3D reconstructions of vertebrate specimens and make them freely available online.
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2023-05-16 @ 17.37.02 ∈ In English

Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America
About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking advantage of nectar-rich flowers that had co-evolved with bees. This single event led to the evolution of all butterflies.