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 — 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.