McCarty Woods Restoration team receives UF Champions for Change award
The University of Florida’s Office of Sustainability and the Healthy Gators Coalition recognized seven individuals and groups for the annual…Read More
Florida mints radiated as peninsula sank and resurfaced during ice ages
During the ice ages of the Pleistocene, the Florida peninsula regularly expanded to twice its current size as glaciers grew…Read More
Plant study challenges tropics’ reputation as site of modern evolutionary innovation
In a surprise twist, a major group of flowering plants is evolving twice as quickly in temperate zones as the…Read More
Scientists sequence 1,100 plants, illuminating 1 billion years of evolution
Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless…Read More
Unlocking genetic data of rediscovered ‘hidden’ native Florida plant
In 1947, a small package containing an unknown plant specimen arrived at the Florida Museum of Natural History Herbarium. For…Read More