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This is How WEC Works, where we ask the people of UF/IFAS’s Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation about their lives, passions, and how they do what they do. This is an ongoing series, and we will add… Read More
Introduction to the Lone Cabbage Oyster Reef Restoration Project Thursday, October 26, 7:00 p.m. Community Center, 809 6th Street, Cedar Key In less than 30 years, 3,000-year-old oyster reefs off Florida’s Big Bend coastline have declined by 88… Read More
I heard it from a Little Birdy By Kimberly Magee I have recently learned something about birds—they are incessant gossipers. I started my summer oblivious to the fact that the feathered creatures were nattering about me to every… Read More
Here comes the BOOM! Common Nighthawks finding love in a pine savanna By Alexa Mainella PhD student, Dept. of Environmental Engineering Sciences Have you ever had a professor drop you off in the middle of nowhere and say,… Read More
Everyone talks to birds. Few understand birds. Bird enthusiasts can imitate calls, pish, or play recorded calls over speakers to attract birds. Those unaware of our avian friends communicate physically, sending unknown threats and signals to birds. A… Read More
A new field course offered via the Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation In summer of 2017, an avian ecologist at University of Florida teamed up with a certified Texas wildlife tracker and CEO of Naturalist Ventures to… Read More
Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by Elan Simon Parsons. If you look up and see a monkey in a tree, you… Read More
Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by master’s student Elysia Webb. How does the diversity of life emerge? This question motivates Dr…. Read More
Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by PhD student Wesley Boone. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is arguably one of the most… Read More
Each week on the blog we pull back the curtain on our Wildlife Ecology & Conservation graduate students’ seminar class. This post is by master’s student Elysia Webb. Dr. Lisa Davenport had a mystery on her hands: her birds… Read More
