Alligators radically change the ecosystem around them to make the best of seasonal changes in water levels—and that's a good thing for wetlands.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2023
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Researchers have pinpointed the biggest threats to the only population of rare, endangered mule ear orchids in the U.S.
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2023
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A study led by UF/IFAS scientists that focused on the threatened American Crocodile maps out the status of their population over the last 40 years in response to changes in the Florida Everglades. Key findings demonstrate ...
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2021
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That hurricanes can create sudden and dramatic changes to the landscape is obvious to anyone who lives along the Gulf of Mexico's coast. They are powerful, high-energy destructive forces that can flood homes and fell trees, ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2020
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Scientists have pieced together the first complete picture of the Florida panther genome—work that could serve to protect that endangered population and other endangered species going forward.
Ecology
Oct 3, 2019
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Climate change imperils one in four natural World Heritage sites, including coral reefs, glaciers, and wetlands—nearly double the number from just three years ago, a report said Monday.
Environment
Nov 13, 2017
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Rising seas, polluted coastlines and the specter of more frequent droughts and storms have lent new urgency to efforts to restore the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades, the largest freshwater wetland in the United States.
Environment
Feb 27, 2017
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The largest and longest Burmese Python tracking study of its kind—here or in its native range—is providing researchers and resource managers new information that may help target control efforts of this invasive snake, ...
Ecology
Apr 28, 2015
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The Burmese python has a built-in compass that allows it to slither home in a near-straight line even if released dozens of kilometres away, researchers said Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Mar 19, 2014
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A semi-permanent high pressure weather pattern, commonly known as the Bermuda High, shifted to the southeast about 2,800 years ago. As a consequence, tropical storms that had routinely hit South Florida were shunted into ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2013
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