Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Virus

An interdisciplinary team led by Robert Guralnick, curator of biodiversity informatics at the Florida Museum of Natural History, has won a 2023 Research Opportunity Seed Fund award from the University of Florida. The grant will help launch a project to create a map forecasting the risk of two mosqui
Two that are especially problematic for humans and livestock are West Nile virus

Florida Museum of Natural History graduate student Nicholas “Nic� Miles recently received a $13,500 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to study carnivorous pitcher plants. Miles will study three pitcher plant families from Australia, Southeast Asia and the Ame
plants by Alyssa Wang • June 13, 2011 Graduate student Nicholas Miles is using virus-induced

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida students, staff and faculty have until Dec. 20 to enter the seventh Elegance of Science art competition. Organized by the Marston Science Library and Florida Museum of Natural History, the contest is open to UF students and employees who create two-dime
photos of armadillo embryo, a mosquito carrying a botfly larva and a painting of a virus

Typically, spring months are busy with people on the grounds of the Calusa Heritage Trail. At those times, the soundscape must most resemble the era when Pineland was a busy Calusa town in the 1500s with the hum of conversation, the laughter of children, and hushed tones at the burial mound. So, wh
Visitor Center in mid-March in support of efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus

What is happening  Florida’s warm, wet climate creates ideal conditions for pests, especially during the late spring and summer months. If you’re seeing more bugs than usual this year, you’re not alone. A combination of heavy rains, high humidity, and warmer-than-average temperatures has led to a p
pests pose real health risks:  Mosquitoes can transmit diseases like West Nile virus

Spring 2021 In Spring 2021, the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute, housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History, hosted the inaugural UF Environmental Justice Media Intensive, a crash course for UF students looking to gain experience reporting on the intersection of environm
been exacerbated by the pandemic, making this group particularly vulnerable to the virus

When scientists and policymakers make tough calls on which areas to prioritize for conservation, biodiversity is often their top consideration. Environments with more diversity support a greater number of species and provide more ecosystem services, making them the obvious choice. There’s just on
If a virus or fungus were to sweep through and wipe out birch trees, the overall

To pair with the rest of our educational content in each Earth to Florida newsletter, we bring you monthly updates on statewide environmental news. Read on below to see what we found for the month of September: 10 Florida Stories to Watch After Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4
advisories by the Florida Department of Health as cases of dengue fever and West Nile virus

After three consecutive years of worldwide declines, the number of shark bites picked up in 2021, with a total of 73 unprovoked incidents. The data, published this week by the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File, also included 39 provoked shark bites and nine fataliti
responders and coroners continue to grapple with a high number of deaths due to the virus

The Sunshine State’s iconic wildlife includes the American alligator, the Florida panther, the scrub jay and the manatee. But some species unique to Florida are less familiar, like the ultra-rare blue calamintha bee. First described in 2011, scientists weren’t sure the bee still existed. The spec
fantastic job and we’re getting a lot of great data, but if it wasn’t for the COVID-19 virus