By Anna Normand “How do wetlands store so much carbon?” and “Is muck the proper term to use?” These are the thoughtful questions I was asked on Capitol Hill by none other than Florida Senator Bill Nelson. Fielding these scientific ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS TeachingScientists at the University of Florida have found Dory! Ok, they didn't really find her, but they did learn how to spawn and raise blue tang in captivity. Why is this important? After the movie Finding Nimo was released, demand for clown ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesI’ve been seeing lots of black drum photos lately. Black drum are really cool fish that don’t ever seem to get very much attention. In fact, if you do a quick search on black drum, you just might get more search returns for red drum ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Maia McGuire was leading middle-schoolers on a local beach clean-up when she noticed a cluster of deflated balloons on the sand. It’s not unusual to find balloons on the beach, McGuire said, but these were different: Each balloon was printed ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS ExtensionJune 17-24, 2016 is Cephalopod Week. So exciting! No we don’t get to take the week off from work, it’s not a real holiday, but it is a way to raise awareness about and celebrate octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus. This year, Cephalopod ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesPinfish, Lagodon rhomboides are a common baitfish, in the United States found along the coast from Massachusetts to Florida and from Bermuda throughout the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula. Pinfish are important prey for many economically ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesI’ve been seeing lots of cobia pictures lately. I’m acutely tuned into seeing them because cobia is still a bucket list fish for me. And of course this is the time of year when we see them and when anglers are catching them. Recently ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesCan you tell me how old a fish is just by looking at a slice of bone? That’s one question youth will learn how to answer in the Manatee Marine Explorers Day Camp created by two University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Camp, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Extension, WildlifeSawfish are modified rays with a shark-like body. Sawfish get their name from their “saws”, which are used for defense and to locate, stun, and kill prey; mostly fish. The earliest sawfish arose about 200 million years ago. These sawfish ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural ResourcesMangroves are a kind of tree or shrub that typically grow on or near shorelines in tropical and subtropical climates such as Florida’s Gulf Coast. These plants are specially adapted to the wet, salty conditions where they grow.1 Mangrove forests ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Water, Wildlife