Congratulations, Felix Roy, for being honored with the 6th annual Undergraduate Diversity Student Scholarship!
Here's to your continued success!
#Scholarship #DiversityInEducation

Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery & Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery run gopher tortoise head-start programs to prevent them from becoming endangered.

Once past their vulnerable first year, hatchlings are released into the wild!

#GopherTortoiseDay

📸Jessica Radich/USFWS

Bring a friend or bring a frog and join UF wildlife and natural resource faculty, grad students, and undergrads as they share the cool science they've been doing!

Want to present a poster? Scan the QR code below and secure your spot to share your work with peers and the public!

And the good news from our board members keep coming!!!
Now join us in congratulating Orlando Acevedo-Ch🦉 for obtaining the University of Florida - Graduate Student Mentoring Award UF IFAS Wildlife UF SNRE Florida Museum

For the past two years, ospreys Stella & Talon 💘 have made FLORIDA their seasonal home and FLORIDAWildlife is providing you with a window into their lives via the #Osprey Cam!

Watch their chicks grow up and leave the nest 🔗 go.ufl.edu/ospreycam

🍃 Exciting news!
Graduate and undergraduate students, led by Asst. Prof. Dr. Miguel Acevedo, have published a significant study in Ecological Applications on Caribbean anoles and forest recolonization—featured on the journal's cover! 🦎✨

Explore here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ea…

A new course announcement! We will be teaching a course on the hot topic of #GlobalChange and #InsectDeclines in Spring 2024 FLORIDA. It's 2 credits, please join, still many spots open! Undergrad/Grad. Offered through many FLORIDAEntNem FLORIDABiology FLORIDASNRE FLORIDAWildlife Please repost!

A UF IFAS Wildlife study led by Corey Callaghan published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution advocates for making absolute abundance the standard when monitoring biodiversity in the field.
bit.ly/3xaMz9W

Male songbirds, like this yellow warbler, often fluff up their feathers when singing.

This is a form of auditory & visual communication. Fluffed feathers act as a display to gain the attention of females, who seek out vibrant males with healthy genetics.

📸Sandra Uecker/USFWS

New on Nature Ecology & Evolution: Our own Drs. Baruzzi Carolina Baruzzi & Lashley Marcus Lashley , with WEC alumnus Dr. David Mason & a team of researchers, explore mammal adaptations to human activity changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 🌍🔍

Link: nature.com/articles/s4155…

🌟Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Savanah Grace on securing second place in the pre-doctoral poster competition at EPI Research Day '24!
Your academic prowess is truly inspiring! 🎓✨

Emerging Pathogens Institute

#EPIResearchDay #ScholarlySuccess

Congratulations, Rebecca McKee!

Rebecca McKee PhD candidate McCleery Lab , is the 2024 recipient of the prestigious Courtney A. Tye Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship!

All the best for your future Rebecca!

#WildlifeConservation #FutureLeaders

“We ended up with about four pounds of soil and debris,” Sebastian Botero-Canola said. “...What’s super cool about this is that [the #ticks ] glow under UV light.”

Congrats to Sebastian Botero-Cañola for winning the #postdoc competition at #EPIResearchDay2024 🔗: go.ufl.edu/6t9j05y.

🌟 Big shoutout to Christian Fernandez for winning the 26th annual Greater Everglades Student Memorial Scholarship! 🌟
Congratulations!🌿🐾

#wildlife #extension #scholarship

The 2024 FLORIDA DeLuca BioBlitz teemed with life, both in the bustling energy of its 43 participants and the diverse array of species documented.

With 3,149 observations — DOUBLE the number from previous years — the natural world was documented in the course of 664 species!

The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s #biodiversity and a powerful tool to help implement the Global Biodiversity Framework.
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#KMGBF

#K -12 teacher in #Florida ? Apply for our #ScientistsInFLSchools PAID professional development workshops. Topics include paleontology, AI, museum collections, and plant pathology! Learn more: loom.ly/0DEQGqA

Expand your horizons, network over free food, and learn graduate students' research at the Water Institute Lunch by the Water Seminar on March 29th. This month features Jenna Reimer and Sukhveer Singh Bhullar.
RSVP: bit.ly/439tRv7
Access the Zoom: bit.ly/LunchbytheWater

🌟Congrats to Delana Gonzales🌟

🎓Hats off for earning a spot among the CALS Top Ten Seniors! May your excellence and leadership shine. 🌱

#CALSExcellence #CelebrateSuccess

🌟 Big shoutout to Charisse Sproha for making it to the Top 10 CALS Seniors 2023-2024! Your hard work & leadership in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences have truly set you apart. 🌱 #CALSExcellence #Leadership 🌟