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UF study traces global red imported fire ant invasions to southern U.S.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Red imported fire ant invasions around the globe in recent years can now be traced to the southern U.S., where the nuisance insect gained a foothold in the 1930s, new University of Florida research has found.

Filed under Florida, Research, Sciences on Thursday, February 24, 2011.

Revisited human-worm relationships shed light on brain evolution

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — “Man is but a worm” was the title of a famous caricature of Darwin’s ideas in Victorian England. Now, 120 years later, a molecular analysis of mysterious marine creatures unexpectedly reveals our cousins as worms, indeed.

Filed under Health, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, February 9, 2011.

Oil in Gulf of Mexico: Biologists cite need for critical data to determine ecological consequences

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Twenty years after biologists attempted to determine the ecological damages to marine life from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, scientists dealing with the BP disaster find themselves with the same problem: the lack of critical data to determine the ecological consequences of human-induced environmental disasters, a University of Florida researcher said.

Filed under Environment, Florida, Research, Sciences on Thursday, February 3, 2011.

UF astronomers, NASA team find six closely packed planets orbiting same star

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A NASA team including three University of Florida astronomers has found six new planets in a distant solar system that in some ways resembles our own.

Filed under Astronomy, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, February 2, 2011.