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UF receives $1.8 million to upgrade helium-supplying facility on campus

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.8 million academic infrastructure grant to the University of Florida to upgrade the helium liquefaction facility that supports a wide range of research programs across the campus.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Monday, May 23, 2011.

UF research aims to help preserve plants, animals caught between forest ‘fragments’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Maintaining the world’s threatened animal and plant species may rest with something as simple as knowing how far a bird can fly before it must answer nature’s call.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.

UF researchers link oceanic land crab extinction to colonization of Hawaii

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida researchers have described a new species of land crab that documents the first crab extinction during the human era.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Monday, May 16, 2011.

UF study finds cats No. 1 predator to urban mockingbird nests

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows cats are the dominant predator to mockingbird eggs and nestlings in urban areas, prompting conservationists to urge pet owners to keep felines indoors at night.

Filed under Environment, Research, Sciences on Thursday, May 5, 2011.

Fossil collector donates life’s work to Florida Museum of Natural History

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The vertebrate paleontology division at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the University of Florida campus recently received its largest private donation, an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 identifiable specimens.

Filed under Florida, Natural History, Research, Sciences on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.