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Learn about living shorelines – a natural defense against coastal erosion


February 4, 2025

Powerful coastal storms can be highly destructive to built environments, including modified shorelines. This is particularly true when nature's natural defenses, such as oyster reefs, mangroves, and tidal marshes are replaced with turfgrass ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Master Naturalist Program, FMNP, FMNP Blog, Https://www.facebook.com/@OfficialFMNP/, UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Florida Master Naturalist Program Course Manuals Available


December 4, 2024

Are you a graduate of the Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP)? You might be interested to know that during 2023-24 we released newly revised and updated versions of our three FMNP core courses: Coastal, Freshwater, and Upland Systems. ... READ MORE

Category: , Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Conservation, Florida Master Naturalist Program, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Florida Master Naturalist Program – New/Revised Freshwater Systems Course


July 28, 2023

The Florida Everglades, at roughly 1.5 million acres, is recognized as one of the greatest wetlands on Earth. But the Everglades aren’t the only important wetland or the only fascinating environment that occurs in Florida. The Florida Master ... READ MORE

Category: , Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Master Naturalist Program, FMNP, INaturalist, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

UF Scientists Try Novel Method of Detecting Biodiversity


January 12, 2023

Mosquitoes probably top the list of “most annoying wildlife” for people who enjoy the outdoors, but these creatures may soon become our allies in conserving biodiversity.  At the UF IFAS DeLuca Preserve scientists from the Department of ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: #WEC, Biodiversity, Conservation, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Florida, Florida Medical Entomology Lab, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

UF/IFAS CALS Top 10 Senior: Hannah Henry (WEC) interview


March 25, 2022

Each spring, the UF/IFAS College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) announces the student recipients and finalists of the 2021-2022 College of Agricultural and Life Sciences awards! These awards are made annually to students in the ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, UF/IFAS, Wildlife
Tags: #WEC, Conservation, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, UF Wildlife, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, WEC Department

Hostetler Lab Shows How City Forests and Residential Areas Can Benefit Birds


May 18, 2021

By Katrina Rossos Often ignored, cities contain many small forest fragments and residential areas that offer tree canopy cover and a variety of native plants, which are both ideal environments for an array of species. “It’s evolved over ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Birds, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Wildlife, Wildlife Ecology

Exit Interview: Alexis Cardas


May 4, 2021

Where are you from and where did you receive your previous degrees? I am originally from Long Beach, CA. I received my B.S. in Biology, with a minor in WEC from the University of Florida in 2015. When did you become interested in wildlife ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Florida Scrub-jay, UF Wildlife, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Wildlife, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Them’s fighting birds: Study identifies other species’ influence on territorial aggression


April 19, 2021

Featured image above shows a tufted titmouse. Photo courtesy of Autumn Rose, Florida Museum of Natural History.   Bird aggression often occurs between birds of the same species. However, a new study found that birds of both the same ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Wildlife
Tags: Birds, Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Katie Sieving, Research, UF/IFAS Wildlife Ecology And Conservation