University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE — Popular notion has it that a man won’t ask directions when lost on the road, but perhaps he should seek help from a woman to find something in the house, a University of Florida study suggests.

GAINESVILLE—Beekeepers in Florida are facing their once and future nemesis, the Varroa bee mite, but this time they are doing it without a weapon, say University of Florida and state honeybee specialists.

GAINESVILLE — University of Florida researchers want to know if just anyone can teach a child to read or if it takes special training, and while they don’t have a definite answer yet they already know one thing: Every little bit of tutoring helps — and in some cases, dramatically.

GAINESVILLE — A decline in births as baby boomers age is helping to slow down the boom in Florida’s population growth, a new University of Florida study finds.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.– David R. Challoner, head of the University of Florida’s Health Science Center, is leaving the post he has held for 16 years to launch an institute aimed at putting the state at the leading edge of biomedical research.

GAINESVILLE — Audrey Heath owns her own kayak, walks four miles a day and can paddle a canoe for hours. An avid student of American birds, she hikes through scrub brush toting binoculars in pursuit of a rare avian find.

GAINESVILLE — Unwitting tourists risk injury and even death when they experiment with an increasingly popular vacation trend that encourages them to cozy up to hungry sharks, a University of Florida shark expert warns.

GAINESVILLE — Facing stiff competition from countries with cheap labor and few regulations, Florida citrus growers are battling for market share.