Pam and Doug Soltis win society award for public outreach
University of Florida distinguished professors Pam and Doug Soltis were recently selected as this year’s recipients of the Peter Raven…
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It took 3.7 billion years for this genome to evolve. UF students assembled it in one semester
Key points Eleven undergraduate students at the University of Florida are the first to assemble the pignut hickory tree genome….
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Planes on a snake? Scientists discover crabs hitching a ride on sea snakes
Key points In 2012, scientists working off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica found dozens of sea snakes with crabs…
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UF student receives award for best presentation at national biology conference
Benjamin Genter, a senior at the University of Florida, recently received the Henri Seibert Award for best student talk at…
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Tiny transmitters could unlock monarch migration mysteries in Florida
Every spring, many monarch butterflies drift back into Florida on orange-and-black wings that have captivated scientists for generations. They arrive…
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Paleontologists spent 20 years carbon-dating thousands of marine fossils, then used them to decode a process fundamental to Earth’s history
Key points Over the course of 20 years, an international team of scientists collected and carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine…
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Butterflies worldwide are on the move as the climate warms
A large, international team of scientists has determined that one in ten butterfly species globally has shifted its distribution range,…
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Butterfly experts are planting 15,000 milkweed plants along Florida roadsides to help monarchs
If you’ve driven down two-lane highways in rural parts of North Florida recently, you may have noticed a spate of…
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This single well-known and widespread butterfly is actually three species in disguise
Key points The genus Colobura is widespread in Central and South America and contains some of the most abundant and…
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Hidden in plain sight: DNA reveals 15 overlooked coral lineages in the Indo-Pacific
Scientists have discovered that one of the ocean’s most recognizable corals, the iconic “organ pipe coral” — long believed to…
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