Spooky Owl Provides Natural Rodent Control For Farmers
BELLE GLADE—For the spooks that haunt the Everglades Agricultural Area, Halloween happens every night as they swoop through the skies above the sprawling sugar cane fields in search of treats.
Environment Archive
As Yellow Jacket Population Peaks, So Does Danger Of Stings
GAINESVILLE—University of Florida researchers say yellow jacket season is at its peak and warn parents to be particularly careful about keeping children away from the territorial insects’ nests.
Filed under Research, Environment on Wednesday, October 27, 1999.
UF Research Ties Homosexual Behavior In Beetle To Evolution
GAINESVILLE — In a new hypothesis for a behavior observed in a number of species, two researchers say the process of natural selection may explain homosexual behavior in a beetle that preys on citrus in South Florida.
UF Research: Sea Level Rise Behind Tree Deaths On Florida’s West Coast
GAINESVILLE — When University of Florida researchers first looked into Florida west coast residents’ complaints of dying palms, they thought the cause was a disease.
Botanic Gardens Relieve Stress, UF Researchers Find
GAINESVILLE—Take a walk and call me in the morning may be a good prescription for stress, according to researchers at the University of Florida.