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The Obama administration will no longer allow new deepwater drilling projects to go forward without environmental reviews, as happened with BP’s Deepwater Horizon. The administration announced the new policy today (Monday) after the White House Council on Environmental Quality reported that BP got environmental exemptions based on decades-old data. Shallow-water …
Read More »Shark researchers concerned about effects of BP oil spill on the total food chain in the Gulf
Shark experts from around the globe recently met in Providence Road Island. Among them was George Burgess from the University of Florida. Burgess wears many hats including work as the Curator of the International Shark Attack File and as the Coordinator for Museum Operations at the Florida Museum of Natural …
Read More »CSI: Crime Scene Insects Offers Educational Entertainment At Florida Museum Of Natural History
The Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville is unveiling a new exhibit this weekend (Saturday, May 8) entitled CSI: Crime Scene Insects. WUFT-FM’s Sarah Curran sat down with Exhibits and Public Programs Director, Doug Noble to find out what visitors can expect in this creepy, crawly and cringe inducing …
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