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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.

Report identifies Top 10 Pathogen-Food Combinations that cause illness

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers at the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute have identified the Top 10 riskiest combinations of foods and disease-causing microorganisms, providing an important tool for food safety officials charged with protecting consumers from these costly and potentially life-threatening bugs.

Filed under Agriculture, Health, Research, Sciences on Thursday, April 28, 2011.

New pixel technology could pave way for next generation of consumer electronics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The technology that makes your smart phone’s display screen fast, bright and lightweight could be coming to your television or laptop, thanks to a new type of light emitting transistor created by University of Florida researchers.

Filed under Engineering, Research, Sciences, Technology on Thursday, April 28, 2011.

UF researchers help pinpoint key events in ancient plant evolution

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Researchers from the University of Florida and six other institutions have unlocked some of the key foundations for the evolution of seed and flowering plants.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Sunday, April 10, 2011.

UF study names new genus of 125-million-year-old eudicot from China

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida researcher has helped describe the earliest known fossil remains of a flowering plant from China that has a direct evolutionary relationship with most plants humans depend on today.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

UF researcher: Flowering plant study ‘catches evolution in the act’

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study shows when two flowering plants are crossed to produce a new hybrid, the new species’ genes are reset, allowing for greater genetic variation.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Thursday, March 17, 2011.

New UF study shows some sharks follow ‘mental map’ to navigate seas

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new study led by a University of Florida researcher uses tracking data of three shark species to provide the first evidence some of the fish swim directly to targeted locations.

Filed under Research, Sciences on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.