Category: Wildlife

Year-End Giving

by IFAS Advancement

December 22, 2015

Season's greetings from UF/IFAS Development! We are grateful for all the support for students, faculty, research, and Extension we received over the past year, and look forward to what 2016 has in store. From our outstanding students to our ... READ MORE

Category: 4-H & Youth, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Forests, Fruits & Vegetables, Horticulture, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Turf, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Donate, Give Back, Giving, Holidays, Tax, Tax Credit, UF, UF-IFAS, Year End

The Florida Black Bear

by Samantha Murray

December 21, 2015

Though bears usually keep to themselves, they do sometimes come in contact with humans, especially when food is involved (Guiliano et al. 2014). While spotting a Florida black bear in the wild can be a beautiful experience, limiting human-bear ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, SFYL Hot Topic, Wildlife
Tags: Bear Safety, Environment Hot Topic, Florida Black Bear, Wildlife Conservation

Carp Edema Virus Disease (CEVD) / Koi Sleepy Disease (KSD)

by Samantha Murray

December 20, 2015

Carp edema virus disease is killing wild and cultured varieties of carp and worrying koi enthusiasts and carp aquaculturists in the United States and around the world. The disease causes skin lesions and swelling and is sometimes called "koi ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Wildlife
Tags: Andy Goodwin, Fish Diseases, Fisheries And Aquatic Sciences, Johnny Shelley, Joseph Groff, Karen Kelley, Olga Haenen, Patrick Thompson, Pedro Viadanna, Roy Yanong, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Shohreh Hesami, Staci Spears, Thomas Waltzek

Biology of the Hicatee: A Critically Endangered River Turtle of Belize

by Samantha Murray

December 18, 2015

The hicatee (Dermatemys mawii) is a Central American river turtle and one of the 25 most endangered turtle species in the world. Over-hunting for meat, eggs, and shells is driving the turtles toward extinction. This 3-page fact sheet about the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Belize, Frank J. Mazzotti, Nathan Schwartz, Rebecca G. Harvey, Turtles, Venetia Briggs-Gonzales, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation Department

December Wildlife Happenings

by Samantha Murray

December 7, 2015

December in Florida brings the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, right whale appearances, and a fish called oscar. More on December wildlife happenings... Photo credit: ShaftInAction/Thinkstock READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: December, Environment Hot Topic, Wildlife Happenings

Box Jellies in the Gulf of Mexico?

by BLOGS.IFAS

December 7, 2015

Yep, but do not get to alarmed just yet… it is not the same species as the famous one from Australia. That said… who is this new invader to our waters and is it of concern? This Four-handed box jelly was found near NAS Pensacola in 2015.Photo: ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Gulf, Jellies, Mexico, Panhandle Outdoors

Canals and Levees and Everglades Ecology

November 30, 2015

Canals have crossed the Everglades since pre-Columbian times, but its modern canals are wider, deeper and hundreds of kilometers longer than any that existed previously. Because of their size and prominence, canals have shaped and changed the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Canals, CERP, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environment, Environment Hot Topic, Everglades, Levees, Water

It’s Thanksgiving… That Means Time for “Turkeyfish”

by BLOGS.IFAS

November 21, 2015

Everyone knows there are “sea horses”, “sea cows”, “catfish”, and “dogfish” but a ”turkeyfish”? Is there such a thing as a “turkey fish”? Well yes there is!… its scientific name is Pterois volitans but most know it ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: It’s, Means, Panhandle Outdoors, Thanksgiving, Time, “Turkeyfish”

Small bird, big mouth: the surprisingly complex language of the Carolina Chickadee

by WEC

November 18, 2015

By Harrison Jones, Masters student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Dept. Ask anyone with a birdfeeder and they might agree that the chickadee is the preteen of the songbird world. Moving around in cliquish groups, infinitely excitable, ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife

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