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Back by popular demand: UF/IFAS Extension Broward Urban Sustainable Food Production Short Course

by Lourdes Mederos
July 29, 2021

Sustainable urban food production provides benefits that extend beyond addressing food insecurity. The supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 continue to be felt across industries and communities. This has awakened a volume of interest ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Environmental Horticulture, FLREC, Jiangxiao Qiu, Lorna Bravo, UF IFAS Extension Broward, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, UF IFAS News, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County 4-H Youth Development Program, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Solutions, Urban Food Production
Jack Rechigl

UF/IFAS appoints visionary leader as director of Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center

by Lourdes Mederos
July 8, 2021

DAVIE, Fla. – Jack Rechcigl has been appointed center director of the University of Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center (UF/IFAS FLREC), one of 12 research and education centers at the Institute of Food and Agriculture ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Jack Rechcigl, UF IFAS News, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center
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UF/IFAS study connects how health status of American Crocodiles is influenced by salinity levels in Florida Everglades

by Lourdes Mederos
May 19, 2021

In Florida, the threatened American Crocodile plays an important role in the waterways and environment that we live in and enjoy. Among their attributes, their health, breeding and survival status tell us a lot about the current state of ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: @TheCrocDocs, American Crocodile, CROC Docs, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Frank Mazzotti, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez
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As Florida enters termite swarm season, UF/IFAS scientists tell consumers what to know

by Lourdes Mederos
March 3, 2021

Termite Awareness Week 2021 takes place March 7-13 Some people mistakenly think termites are only busy during this time of the year. UF/IFAS researchers in Davie, Florida, show us otherwise. While termites are often noticed during ... READ MORE

Category: Home Management, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Rudolg Scheffrahn, South Florida, Termites, Thomas Chouvenc, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center
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UF study on termites’ evolution tells us they are much more than wood-eating roaches

by Lourdes Mederos
January 11, 2021

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Go beyond our common perceptions of termites, like a University of Florida scientist did, and you’ll find they do much more than eat wood and destroy homes, other buildings and trees. Thomas Chouvenc, an assistant ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Entomology And Nematology, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Termites, Thomas Chouvenc, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS FLREC
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Latest non-native lizard to expand in Florida, UF/IFAS scientists warn

by Lourdes Mederos
December 8, 2020

Palm trees, beaches and lizards are all common to Florida’s landscape, but did you know not all lizards are native? In fact, University of Florida researchers tell us that there are three times the number of lizards in the Sunshine State that ... READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: CROC Docs, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Invasive Species, Ken Gioeli, Large Lizard, Lizards, Peters's Rock Agama, Steven Johnson, UF/IFAS Extension Broward County, UF/IFAS Extension Martin County, UF/IFAS Extension St. Lucie County, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center
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UF scientists show how long toxins produced by HABs of blue-green algae remain in the air

by Lourdes Mederos
October 12, 2020

DAVIE, Fla. --- Rivers, lakes, and ponds are recreational destinations for swimming, fishing, boating and more. When cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs) form releasing toxins into these freshwater systems, there can be harmful impacts ... READ MORE

Category: NATURAL RESOURCES, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS
Tags: Air Quality, Algae, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, H. Dail Laughinghouse IV, HABs, Herbert Wertheim College Of Engineering, Microcystin, Myoseon Jang, UF IFAS Agronomy, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS SNRE, Water Institute, Water Quality
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How toxic is the air from red tide today? FWC grants UF scientists $200K to develop new technology

by Lourdes Mederos
September 8, 2020

DAVIE, Fla. --- Two University of Florida scientists are the recipients of a $200,000 grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. They will use that money over the next 10 months to develop the methodology leading to a ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Brevetoxins, Dail Laughinghouse, FLREC, FWC, HABs, Harmful Algal Blooms, Karenia Brevis, Myoseon Jang, NOAA, Red Tide, Toxin, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center

UF/IFAS scientists on the lookout for Nile monitors seek assistance from Boca Raton residents

by Lourdes Mederos
September 3, 2020

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Nile monitors are predatory lizards that are an immediate threat to the Everglades ecosystems. UF/IFAS scientists are asking residents in Boca Raton to be a part of the “Backyard Canal Watch/Large Lizard Lookout” social ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: CROC Docs, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Frank Mazzotti, Invasive Species, Justin Dalaba, Nile Monitor, SFYL HOT TOPIC, UF/IFAS FLREC

UF/IFAS scientist discovers parasite introduced by invasive pythons is threatening Florida’s native snakes

by Lourdes Mederos
June 29, 2020

DAVIE, FL. – In Florida, native snakes play an important role in the environment that we live and enjoy. Now that role is being threatened by invasive Burmese pythons introducing a non-native lung parasite to nearly half of the sunshine state’s ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Auburn University, Burmese Python, Christina Romagosa, CROC Docs, Ecosphere, FLREC, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Frank Mazzotti, Invasive Species Coordinator, Melissa Miller, Research, Snakes, UF/IFAS FLREC, UF/IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research Education Center, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

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