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Altica spp. flea beetle

Leap into Learning: Flea Beetles


February 27, 2024

The daytime call of birdsong heralds our gentle transition into the spring season. Light rainstorms ensure that our soils are saturated and that our plants are nourished. The sun's rays work in tandem to encourage the emergence of fresh, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Beetle, Biocontrol, Control, Damage, Ecofriendly, Entomology, Flea, Insects, Pests, Pgm_Chemicals, Plant

Celebrate Pollinators with No Mow March


February 27, 2024

Join Escambia County and other local participating UF IFAS Extension offices in the Florida Panhandle to celebrate pollinators with No Mow March. https://go.ufl.edu/nomowmarch A Pollinator Celebration will be offered on Saturday, March 23, ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Lawn, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Bees, Gardening Program, No Mow March, Pollinators, Weeds And Wildflowers

Unlocking the heat in mosquito modeling: Exploring disease transmission under climate change

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February 26, 2024

Thermal adaptation is the ability for organisms to adjust their life history traits as the temperature changes. In the case of mosquitoes, these traits can determine their risk of transmitting mosquito-borne diseases and how this risk might ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Aedes Aegypti, CDC, Chikungunya Virus, Climate Change, Dengue, Environment, Invasion Science, Invasion Science Research Institute, ISRI, Malaira, Modeling, Models, Mosquito, Mosquito-borne Disease, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Nina Dennington, Thermal Adaptation, Thermal Tolerance, UF/IFAS Research, Yellow Fever Mosquito, Zika

Impacto de la Temperatura en el Modelado de Mosquitos y su Transmisión de Enfermedades en el Contexto del Cambio Climático

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February 26, 2024

Creado por Lourdes Mederos, gerente de relaciones públicas en español para el Departamento de Comunicaciones de UF/IFAS. La adaptación térmica es la capacidad de los organismos de ajustar su historia de vida a medida que cambia la temperatura. ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Adaptacion Termica, Aedes Aegypti, Cambio Climatico, Cambios De Temperatura, Chikunguña, Dengue, Enfermedades Transmitidas Por Mosquitos, Español, Especies Invasora, Fiebre Amarilla, Global Change Biology, Instituto De Investigación Científica De Especies Invasoras, ISRI, Matthew Thomas, Modelado, Mosquito, Nina Dennington, Spanish, Temperatura, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), Virus Del Dengue, Zika
Ocean, horizon, and clouds over the Gulf of Mexico. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones

New Research Study Halves Aquatic Food Loss and Waste Estimates in U.S. – Implications for Future Global Food Security

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February 26, 2024

With seafood playing an important role in the diet of many, reducing food loss in the aquatic food industry is essential for improving global food security. The good news? Aquatic food loss and waste (FLW) in the United States may be as low ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Food And Resource Economics, Food Waste

Agencies join forces to educate, urge action during National Invasive Species Awareness Week


February 23, 2024

Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) and Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) are joining forces with Weed Wrangle and the University of Florida’s School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (SFFGS) to spotlight National Invasive ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species
Tags: Ffgs, Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Invasive Species, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, SFFGS

UF/IFAS invasion science website now live, amplifies citizen science participation in Snake Lungworm Alliance & Monitoring

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February 22, 2024

A non-native lung parasite, Raillietiella orientalis, has reportedly spread across 25 counties in Florida, posing a threat to native snakes and other wildlife. The University of Florida Invasion Science Research Institute (ISRI) has unveiled ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Florida, Invasion Science Research Institute, Invasive Species, ISRI, National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Natural Resources, News, Paul Evans, Snake Lungworm Alliance & Monitoring, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida

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