GAINESVILLE—Florida has new building standards to keep radon from seeping into homes, but areas that face the greatest threat from the gas likely will not adopt the preventive measures, says a researcher who helped develop them.
GAINESVILLE—The petunias in University of Florida researcher David Clark’s greenhouse are the Energizer bunnies of flowers — they keeping blooming and blooming and blooming.
GAINESVILLE—Florida’s state park campgrounds don’t leave the light on for pets, but a UF survey may help officials decide if these unique members of the family should become overnight guests at campsites across the state.
GAINESVILLE — More than a quarter century after the first Earth Day, record numbers of Americans call themselves environmentalists, but few put their beliefs into action, says a University of Florida researcher.
GAINESVILLE—Cypress mulch, commonly considered the “Cadillac” of mulches, is widely used in professional landscaping plans and the yards of Florida homeowners. But at what price?
GAINESVILLE—A University of Florida entomologist has reassuring words for Central Florida homeowners who see a caterpillar carpet when they look out at their yards: The fuzzy visitors will be gone in a few more weeks.
BRADENTON—It’s been a rough year for Florida-grown Easter lilies. Unseasonably cold weather earlier this year will cause some plants grown outside the warmth of a greenhouse — about 30 percent of the state’s crop — to bloom well after the April 7 holiday.