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By Diego Juárez-Sánchez, Masters student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Dept. “Hunting and poaching can precede habitat loss as a threat to wildlife. Sometimes we can have a good forest cover but no wildlife,” says Willandia Chaves-Didier a Brazilian… Read More
By Ethan Noel, Masters Student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Dept. By 2030, the world population will exceed 8.5 billion people. During this time, Florida’s population will have increased by 5 million. Unfortunately, this rapid growth will put tremendous… Read More
By Andrew Marx, Masters student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Imagine a remote island, its citizens valiantly trying to survive while besieged by foreign invaders and catastrophe. This was the story presented this week by Dr. John Koprowski at… Read More
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, and… Read More
By Julia Salvador, Masters Student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Dept. The Iberá Wetlands are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough and courses of water. Iberá is one of the most important fresh water reservoirs… Read More
By Kevin Kloda, Masters student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation How do you manage for a species you know little about? Aldo Leopold, arguably one of the most influential wildlife conservationists, wrote about the law of the limiting link,… Read More
By Joshua Epstein, Masters Student, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Every evening when temperatures exceed 65 °F, thousands of bats can be seen swiftly emerging from the Bat Barn and Bat House on the University of Florida… Read More
By Erica Christiansen, PhD student, Wildlife Ecology & Conservation On September 28, doctoral candidate Nia Haynes presented an exit seminar for her dissertation, a project exploring the underrepresentation of minorities in conservation and natural resource (CNR) careers. Ms…. Read More
By Jessica Laskowski, PhD student, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Do we need wild bees? (1) Fresh squeezed OJ (2) Farmer’s market blueberries (3) Dinner at The Top My favorite Gainesville, FL delicacies may all depend upon our… Read More
Dr. Theron Terhune has been mastering his FLIRting technique – FLIRting with Northern Bobwhite Quail chicks that is. As the Fall’s first speaker in the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Seminar series, Dr. Terhune discussed his ongoing research as… Read More
