What do native snakes, blueberries, and Williston have in common? UF/IFAS Extension’s inaugural Fang Fest!Fang Fest is a new, exciting festival designed to equip guests with the skills and knowledge to coexist with Florida’s snakes and ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Human activities cause changes to wildlife biodiversity co-existing on urban and agricultural lands. For birds, little is known about the factors or extent these human activities impose on their biodiversity as they co-exist in ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
By Katrina Rossos Learning more about the species’ in your yard and neighborhood can be just as easy as stepping outside with your smartphone. This spring, the public—no matter their background—can become active ecologists in the ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
By Katrina Rossos University of Florida senior Nathaniel Owenby spent the summer interning with the USDA Wildlife Service. Originally from Lexington, North Carolina, the wildlife ecology and conservation major became a member of the USDA Wildlife ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, WildlifeBy Katrina Rossos University of Florida senior Jimmy Holdgrafer, a biology major with a minor in wildlife ecology and conservation, spent the summer as an intern at Lykes Ranch in Okeechobee, Florida. Lykes Ranch is a large agricultural operation ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Philipp Maleko is a master’s student in interdisciplinary ecology with the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). In summer 2019, Maleko was a member of a research team that discovered the nest of an endangered Russian shorebird, ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
By Katrina Rossos Laura Nicholson, a master’s student in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at University of Florida, has spent the past eight months at Picayune Strand State Forest in Collier County, Florida. She is ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Zach Steele is a recent WEC MS graduate who completed his program in summer 2020. He successfully defended his thesis entitled “Understanding Public Perception, Support for Management Actions, and Knowledge of Non-Native and Invasive Species ... READ MORE
Category: , Wildlife
Carrie De Jesus is a PhD Candidate in Dr. Samantha Wisely’s lab. For part of Carrie’s dissertation, she is studying how native reptiles in Florida play a role in the eco-epidemiology of Lyme disease. In Florida, lizards are important hosts ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tick populations are on the move in the U.S. The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is expanding its range westward into the Great Plains. Deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis), American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis), and Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research