Adding fuel to the argument to use fire as a healthy forest management tool, University of Florida scientists say important pollinators survive the temporary displacement, while a common disease carrier often loses the battle. A pair of documents ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Established in 2016, the Southeast Regional Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Disease: The Gateway Program (SECVBD) will continue its work for another five years, thanks to renewed funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS Research
As summer continues, many Florida residents find themselves targeted by mosquitoes, biting flies and ticks – and a University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences entomologist says that when people reach for repellents, their ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, NATURAL RESOURCESCutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Though uncommon, Floridians can get tick diseases. “The biggest myth about tick-borne diseases is that every tick carries the Lyme disease pathogen, when in fact, only one tick species in the Eastern ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFECutline at bottom, click here for high resolution image GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- It's bad enough that the Southeast is bedeviled by a tick that doesn't mind taking up residence inside homes. But now researchers say they believe the brown dog ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & Disease